PERSIAN GULF. 1990-12. A SAILOR IN THE DAMAGE CONTROL CENTRE OF HMAS SYDNEY IN RELAXED ACTION ...

Place Middle East: Persian Gulf
Accession Number P01524.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour
Physical description Colour
Place made Persian Gulf
Date made December 1990
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
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Description

PERSIAN GULF. 1990-12. A SAILOR IN THE DAMAGE CONTROL CENTRE OF HMAS SYDNEY IN RELAXED ACTION STATE, WITH ANTI-FLASH HOOD ROUND HIS NECK AND GLOVES IN A PACK AT HIS WAIST (BUM PACK). A GAS MASK HANGS ON THE LEFT. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME BUM PACKS WERE ISSUED AS STANDARD UNIFORM. (DONOR J. SCARFE)