Diary notes point to poisonous gas stashed in Australia during World War II.
Commenced work at 1230hrs today, unloading gas from boat, did not unload gas itself, .
The use of poisonous gas in World War I accounted for 12 per cent, or about 16,000, of Australian casualties. "The suggestion that Australians actually had mustard gas and were prepared to use it in the Second World War, at first I just thought, 'No, that can't be right'," he said. "There had definitely been mustard gas unloaded at Darwin Harbour and taken to a storage facility, which was south of the place where Geoff's father had actually unloaded it," Dr Farram said.
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