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Blogs are completed by guest bloggers on a weekly basis. If you would like to submit an article to be published, please email info@labrats.international. Every one who is connected with the tests has a story, they need to be told. We would like to thank everyone for their support to the Atomic Family, it is much appreciated.
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Christmas Island Recollections
My Recollections of Christmas Island, February 1958 - A Story from Dave Whyte. Although my unit was 61 Fd Sqn, 38 Corps Eng Regt...
Invisible Enemy
Apr 27, 202311 min read
Have Your Say - Help Us
It is important that the work that we undertake is for the Nuclear Community and meets the needs of our unique cohort. We are today...
Invisible Enemy
Mar 29, 20231 min read
Hillsborough Law Meeting - Feb 23
On the 28th February 2023, Steve Purse attended a Public Accountability APPG organised by the Hillsborough Law Now campaigners. The...
Invisible Enemy
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Film Badges - Physical Considerations
Following on from our previous blog, we have received further information from the archives of Flt lt Joe Pasquini | 76 Sqaudron -...
Invisible Enemy
Feb 23, 20232 min read
ES Files - Dosages
As per our previous blog, the ES Files are now restricted from view because of a Security Review. On such file is ES 5/148 entitled...
Invisible Enemy
Feb 16, 20232 min read
Daily Mirror Article - Statement
Statement The Directors of LABRATS have been made aware of the article by Susie Boniface in the Daily Mirror relating to the British...
Invisible Enemy
Feb 11, 20231 min read
Australian Participants
In 2001, the Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs published a preliminary nominal roll of members of the Australian Defence Forces...
Invisible Enemy
Feb 10, 20235 min read
Restricted ES Files - The Real Reason
As the community is aware, the ES and AB Files were removed from the National Archives many years ago for a 'Security Review', but...
Invisible Enemy
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Megaton Tests - 8th November 1957
This week's blog comes courtesy of Diane who found this document that belonged to her father. The Foreword says: 'It is unlikely that...
Invisible Enemy
Jan 19, 20232 min read
Foulness the Forgotten Island
In the United Kingdom nuclear weapons development, acquisition and deployment now occurs entirely within the organisational structure of...
Invisible Enemy
Jan 12, 20238 min read
Exposure, Deaths and Claims
Information contained within Air Ministry files shows exposure levels, deaths and early claims for war pensions and compensation from...
Invisible Enemy
Jan 4, 20235 min read
Canberra Crash Coverup
On the 16th May 1957 RAF English Electric Canberra Pr.7 (WH790) of 58 Squadron crashed on GCA approach in bad weather at Goose Bay,...
Invisible Enemy
Dec 29, 20224 min read
Colin James Collection - Part Three
Colin James is a multi-award-winning reporter at The Advertiser who has spent more than 30 years covering South Australian politics,...
Invisible Enemy
Dec 22, 20221 min read
Medal Bulletin - December 2022
We met with the Office for Veterans Affairs (OVA) yesterday along with other stakeholders to discuss the medal award and how it is...
Invisible Enemy
Dec 16, 20222 min read
Colin James Collection - Part Two
Colin James is a multi-award-winning reporter at The Advertiser who has spent more than 30 years covering South Australian politics,...
Invisible Enemy
Dec 15, 20221 min read
Colin James Collection - Part One
Colin James is a multi-award-winning reporter at The Advertiser who has spent more than 30 years covering South Australian politics,...
Invisible Enemy
Dec 8, 20221 min read
Would You Fly Through an Atomic Cloud?
British Nuclear Test Veterans Did Many Times #76 Squadron From the archives of Flt Lt Joe Pasquini In August 2009 Flt Lt Joe Pasquini of...
Invisible Enemy
Dec 1, 20223 min read
This is for the Nuclear Families
As the dust settles on the medal announcement for the Nuclear Test Veterans by Rishi Sunak on the 21st of November 2022, we celebrate...
Invisible Enemy
Nov 24, 20227 min read
Atomic Bomb : Would You Like a Haircut With That?
From the Archives of Flt Lt Joe Pasquini “To look at us on the coral fore-shore of the Observation Area, half an hour before the...
Invisible Enemy
Nov 1, 20223 min read
NOVEMBER DATES
As the leading campaigning organisation in the UK for Nuclear Test Veterans and their families, we have been working extremely hard to...
Invisible Enemy
Oct 27, 20223 min read
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