NERVE AGENT TABLET PACKAGING
A rectangular silver foil packet, sealed around three sides, open at the top. Black text written on the front in three languages, German, English and French. It contains a silver foil packet which had 21 tablets, inside a plastic case.
Nerve agent tablets supplied to all the crew on board H.M.A.S.Brisbane, while on patrol during the Gulf War, with little knowledge of the long term side effects, or contents of the tablets.Craig Watson was an Able Seaman radio operator on H.M.A.S. Brisbane during the First Gulf War1990-1991. Nerve gas was a distinct possibility during the Gulf War, along with other unknown agents.
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text on silver packaging [NERVE AGENT PRE / TREATMENT TABLET SET / 21 tablets of / pyridostigmine bromide 30mg. / 1. Commence taking only when / ordered by your commander. / 2.Take one tablet every 8 hours. / 3.Quantity and time interval must / be strictly adhered to.]
These tables were supplied to Able Seaman Craig Watson while serving on H.M.A.S Brisbane during the First Gulf War (1990-1991). The medication was issued with instructions to take it as a counter agent to potential nerve and other biological weapon attacks on the ship.
