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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArticle - Newspaper Article x 2, Australia's Unknown Prisoner and Finns released in Australia
First article written in Swedish about 3 Finnish prisoners of war interned at Graytown Camp, Viktor Aaltonen, Olle Hellsten and Walter Soderholm (Söderholm). Details their time chopping down eucalyptus trees to keep Melbourne supplied with firewood, while hunting rabbits in their spare time. Second Article is a list of names from the Finnish Red Cross of Finnish Internees released from Australian Camps.Photocopy of 2 newspaper articles Australiens okända fångar (Australia's Unknown Prisoners) and Australiassa vapautettuja suomalaisia (Finns released in Australia)finland, aaltonen, olle hellsten, walter soderholm, graytown internment camp, finnish red cross, finnish internees ww2 -
Australian Multicultural Community Servicesbaby milk bottle
it was given by Red Cross to the Polish family with one child in the displaced persons camp in Paderbonn, Germany, 1950 prior to migration to Australiaone of a few items of this kind which has survived to present daysglass"made in USA 3 A 45" mark on the bottom of the bottlebaby milk bottle, refugee, red cross -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumTin, Chocolate, 1939-1945
Else-Lore and her mother Else Oertel were German internees in Camp 3A from 1940-1945. The German Red Cross sent items to the internees in the camps and this tin of chocolate was one of the items given to the Oertel family. Else-Lore Hukins donated the item, which she describes as a 'treasured item'.Round metal tin with plastic-wrapped cake of chocolate inside. Chocolate has Hildebrand inscribed in centre with picture possibly of two knights on horseback. Tin has cream/tan lid with dark brown base. Lid has picture of German eagle in brown, with a cream swastika on its chest, standing on a red cross.(On lid): Deutsches rotes kreuz (German Red Cross)/ Schokolade (chocolate)/ Hildebrand - Berlintatura, ww2, camp 3, internment, internee camps, items, german red cross, else-lore hukins, oertel family, else oertel
