fv1609 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 What's the significance of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Not Jack's satorial elegance ? Is that a flap on the back of the shirt covering a blood chit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Not Jack's satorial elegance ? Hardly Tony this man has had a proper haircut Is that a flap on the back of the shirt covering a blood chit.Not as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Maybe this will help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrykins Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 He appears to have flash burns to his elbows and his shirt's suffered the same way. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 He appears to have flash burns to his elbows and his shirt's suffered the same way. Jerry A very good interpretation Jerry. But it's not actually that, he hasn't been burnt, his shirt has just got hitched up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Would this be anything to do with Christmas Island? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Maybe this will help? The second photo looks like some kind of protective clothing and he looks to be wearing rubber gloves, headgear looks odd, is it anti-gas or similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Would this be anything to do with Christmas Island?Yes I know where you are heading Derek but this is well over 1,000 miles away. Not a radiation issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 The second photo looks like some kind of protective clothing and he looks to be wearing rubber gloves, headgear looks odd, is it anti-gas or similar? Richard yes well observed & deduced. There is a common thread between the two pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 1,000 miles away from Christmas Island ..... could this be Malaya? Anti-mosquito clothing maybe. The second photo shows a dark band across his back is this a shadow or a camo pattern? Final observation, first photo, where shirt sleeves are rolled up the material looks lighter on the inside, must be made of something special. Some kind of tropical wear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 1,000 miles away from Christmas Island ..... could this be Malaya? No somewhere a bit bigger Richard Anti-mosquito clothing maybe. Nope you were on the right track before, it is a BC Smock. Final observation, first photo, where shirt sleeves are rolled up the material looks lighter on the inside, It does & there is a reason must be made of something special. Nope it is the same material. Some kind of tropical wear.Only in the broadest sense it is nothing particularly special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 No somewhere a bit bigger Richard Nope you were on the right track before, it is a BC Smock. Used in weapons testing in Australia to protect from chemicals used in rocket propulsion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopa Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Looks like gas patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Used in weapons testing in Australia to protect from chemicals used in rocket propulsion? Australia yes but not rockets & chemicals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Looks like gas patches.Something more basic than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Looks like the first bloke has prickly heat rash on his forearms and sweat soaked shirt, the dark patch on the second ones back looks like sweat soaking through the outer garment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 looking at the camo impact of sweat and rolling sleeves up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Is he a LAUNDRY, MOBILE test driver? Looks like he's about to take one out for a spin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 That's it - he is the first customer for the British Army's experimental walk march-through laundry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 does this have a connection to events in vietnam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 The clothing has been coated with something, hence why the shirt is darker on the outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Looks like the first bloke has prickly heat rash on his forearms and sweat soaked shirt, the dark patch on the second ones back looks like sweat soaking through the outer garment. Yes well done Bernard it is indeed to do with the problem of vast amounts of sweat soaking his clothing. The next stage is to determine why he has become sweaty & why this British trial was being carried out in Australia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 looking at the camo impact of sweat and rolling sleeves up? Lauren yes it does have an effect. A cunning suggestion but this man would not normally be seen by the enemy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 does this have a connection to events in vietnam Not really Wally, but you are spot on with the era, this trial was in 1966/7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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