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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBooklet, 17th Garrison Battalion et al, POW WOW, 7 November 1941
... Shapparton News Internment camps as above POW WOW in red with black ...Donated by Don McPherson, Shepparton News Proprietor. a most fascinating booklet of that time. POW WOW in red with black outline - Australia soldier November 7 1941 16 pagesas abovedon mcpherson, shapparton news, internment camps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Australian Military Forces, Australian Military Forces - Administrative Instruction, 6 September 1939 - 8 January 1945
An interesting insight of the precautions, management, location and distribution and re organisation and number and nationality of the 13,021 POW's in Hay, Cowra, Yanco, Murchison, Tatura, Dhurringile, Graytown, Myrtleford, Loveday SA, Woolenook and Marrinup WA. With a capacity of 23,465 less unguarded good and with token guard 1000 as at 8 January 1945A plastic folder, clear front page, 3 cm border left side extending as the back cover.top of page: "Australian Military Forces 3rd District command" top right hand corner: HQ 3rd District Base SECRET -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPhotograph, POW 13 Reunion 1974, 1947
Left to Right - Cpl K. Stratewski, Sgt G. R. Campbell (guard), Pte Heinz Pexa (organiser), Lt. Commander Heinrich Messerschmidt, looking at photos on a table. Black and white photograph of POW 13 reunion in Hampton Victoria 1974. 4 men looking over a display of photographs. 2 on left, dark blazers 2 on right white jacket and white shirt.g campbell, k stratewski, heinz pexa, heinrich messerschmidt -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Hat
... Dhurringile POW camp... as well as his diary. Dhurringile POW camp Gunter Knop Melba ...Supplied at Dhurringile. All POW's were not allowed to take anything from the camp back to Germany. Gunter Knop smuggled this and other items with him under his shirt as well as his diary.Cream cotton sapper hat. 4 piece crown, narrow brim with 10 rows of stitching.dhurringile pow camp, gunter knop, melba schwarz -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Liederbuch, 1944
Used and written by POW'sBeige coloured light card board. Additional 4 pages in back of book.H. A. Rinne POW #2078 15/3/1940 Xmas 1944liederbuch, h. a. rinne -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumFunctional object - Tray - wooden, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Tray, 1940's
... of the camps and was given this tray by an Italian POW. It is not known... POW. It is not known which camp or who the POW was. w. b ...William Bernard JONES (Bernie) was a volunteer guard at one of the camps and was given this tray by an Italian POW. It is not known which camp or who the POW was.8 sided wooden tray. Picture created by match sticks and wooden inlay design. Features Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. Front covered by glass held onto the tray by 8 sections of wood.w. b. jones, volunteer guard tatura camps, camp woodwork, mickey mouse, donald duck, wooden tray -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio - CD, Hans Wettl, 2004
Interview with former POW Hans Wettl in Vienna 2004.Plastic CD case. Silver cd.former pow's, hans wettl -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
CD, Nik Sharplin, Nik Sharplin POW Coins
Nik Sharplin visited the Museum researching information on Dunera notes. He subsequently forwarded the CD for the Museums records.White CD with blue text. Inside a black and clear plastic case.nik sharplin, dunera -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumAeroplane model, 1944
This object was purchased in Murchison under the hotel veranda in 1944 by the donors father for him. There were also others for sale.Wooden WW2 type plane painted light grey (aged silver frost). 2 engine - propellers turn. Wheels turn. Sold to donors father in 1944 by Camp guard in Murchison. Some decoration added by donor as a boy. Plane made by POW.No 86 Transport Wing RAAF A65-86models, planes, camp 13, internees, camp guard -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumAshtray, 1940 - 1946
... dhurringile pow camp... Tatura the-murray ash tray metal work dhurringile pow camp ...Miniature bath shaped metal ash tray. On one side there is a rest for a cigarette. The bath shape rests on 3 ball shaped legs. Has been painted blue by the donor. Originally metal unpainted. The head end is higher - sloping down to the foot end. Presumably made by POW's during WW2. Found in 1956 in a tunnel by a Dhurringile boy.ash tray, metal work, dhurringile pow camp, presbyterian church, orphans, orphanage -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988
... . For German POW's. Photographs taken at exhibition of camp memorabilia ...Tatura Internment camp built during WW2. For German POW's. Photographs taken at exhibition of camp memorabilia displayed at Templers Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981Colour photograph of a painting by Luise Katz. Aerial view of Tatura Internment camp showing areas A, B, C and D. Negative no. 16.german pow's, tatura, internment camps, ww2 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988
... for POW's. Photograph taken at exhibition of Camp Memorabilia ...Tatura Internment camp built during WW2 for POW's. Photograph taken at exhibition of Camp Memorabilia displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria in 1981.Colour photograph of painting of POW barracks and garden by Vagarin. Negative no. 6.photographs, vagarin, pow's, internment camps, paintings, ww2, templers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988
... pow camp... for POW's. Photographs taken at exhibition of camp memorabilia ...Tatura Internment Camp built during WW2 for POW's. Photographs taken at exhibition of camp memorabilia displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater in 1981.Colour photograph of painting of POW barracks and garden by Vagarin. Negative no 9.vagarin, pow camp, ww2, tatura, internees, templers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, copy 1988
Tatura internment camp built during WW2. Photograph taken at exhibition of Camp memorabilia displayed at Temple Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph of painting of barracks by Gehalt Von Herr Breckwold. Negative no. 18.name of artistpainting, camp barracks, gehalt von herr breckwold, ww2, pow -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988 copy
... . temple society woodcrafts pow camp 3 internment camps Colour ...Items made by prisoners from wood scrounged from wood heap. Photographed at Exhibition of Camp Memorabilia displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph of wooden items - platters with pennies in centre, bowls, globe (partly obscured), eggs, buckle, egg cups on tray, mortar and pestle, pipe and ash tray. Negative no: 0temple society, woodcrafts, pow, camp 3, internment camps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988 copy
... . temple society woodcrafts pow internee camp 3 Colour photograph ...Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia, displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph of items made by prisoners: scales made by Jone Frank; leather bag, wooden bowl, pencil case and pen, buttons, ink wells, letter opener, sketch of first excursion out of camp to Waranga Basin. Negative no 14.temple society, woodcrafts, pow, internee, camp 3 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988
... .Negative no 13. metalwork woodwork pow camp internees jewellery ...Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia, displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Negative no 13.Colour photograph. Items made from melted down silver coins. Bracelets, pendants, rings and brooches. Wooden trinket box.metalwork, woodwork, pow, camp internees, jewellery, trinket box -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988 copy
... made reinhard beilharz handcrafts wood working tools pow camp ...Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia displayed at Temper Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, 1981.Colour photograph of handmade wooden articles. Tools and planes made by Master Carpenter Reinhard Beilharz and a jewel box and inlay brooches he made for his wife Therla. Negative no. 19.hand made, reinhard beilharz, handcrafts, wood working tools, pow, camp internees, temple society -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988
... . hand crafts pow internment camp hand tools Colour photograph ...Photographed at Exhibition of Camp Memorabilia displayed at Temper Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph. Variety of tools made from whatever material one could lay one's hands on. Negative no 20.hand crafts, pow, internment camp, hand tools -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988 copy
... . hand crafts pow camp internees Colour photograph of items ...Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia displayed at Temper Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph of items in daily use at camp. Plate, mug and cutlery. Laundry scoop, grater and iron used with hot coals. Negatives no 3. hand crafts, pow, camp internees -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988 copy
... craft hand craft embroidery red cross pow camp internees Colour ...Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia displayed at Temper Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph. "Tatura Silver". Made from jam tins - biscuit cutters, tea pot, funnel shaped beaters used to agitate washing in the coppers. Embroidered table cloth (material supplied by Red Cross). Negative no 17.tin craft, hand craft, embroidery, red cross, pow, camp internees -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988 copy
... . tools wood work fret work hand carved dolls inlay work pow camp ...Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia displayed at Temper Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph. Hand carved woodwork and dolls. Tools and planes, toys, fretsaw work cradle, dolls bath with ladle and fairy tale figures - inlay work. Doll on top of jewel box has hand carved head and limbs and a stuffed cloth body. Negative no 4.tools, wood work, fret work, hand carved, dolls, inlay work, pow, camp internees -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988
... . handmade woodcraft inlaid work tray - wooden pow internment camp ...Photographed at Exhibition of POW memorabilia displayed at Templer Home for Aged. Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph. Handmade wooden inlaid tray. Negative no 15.handmade, woodcraft, inlaid work, tray - wooden, pow, internment camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPhotograph, Arthur Knee, Camp 13 Goal, 1989
... cells pow camp internees Jim Finnegan Camp 13, Camp Road ...Camp 13, Murchison. Property owned by Jim Finnegan. German, Italian, Japanese prisoners of war held between 1941 - 1946. Shows the remains of what is left of the goal used by Camp 13 Murchison during WW2.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison. Camp 13 goal. Solid brick building showing individual cells, roofless, tree right mid-distrance. murchison victoria, goal, prison cells, pow, camp internees, jim finnegan -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPhotograph, Arthur Knee, Camp 13 Decorative pond, 1989
Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison. Water trough made by POW's. Cream concrete with white octagonal shapes on each side.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Octagonal decorative concrete water trough, in green paddock. Cream concrete with white octagonal shapes on each side. -
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Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
... . pow internment camp sewage treatment murchison, victoria camp ...Sewage treatment pond, camp 13, Murchison. German, Italian, Japanese POW's held here between 1941 - 1946. Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Sewage treatment plant.pow, internment camp, sewage treatment, murchison, victoria, camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
... pow internment camp Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria ...Camp 13, concrete pit, rolled barbed wire, near site of Camp 13 administration area.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Concrete pit and tangled barbed wire.camp 13, murchison victoria, pow, internment camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPhotograph, Arthur Knee, Memorial to Kormoran Komeraden, 1989
... down, too. Camp 13 German POW's Kormoran HMAS Sydney Memorial ...Camp 13, German compound. Memorial erected by German POW's to honour their comrades on the German Raider "Kormoran" which sank HMAS Sydney in the Indian ocean before going down, too.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Memorial to fallen comrades, German compound. Concrete with local stone. German inscription on rectangular recessed area to "Kormoran" crew. Note. concrete machine gun emplacement (background), Eucalyptus bush distant background.camp 13, german pow's, kormoran, hmas sydney, memorial, german raider kormoran, german memorial, kormoran memorial, kormoran komeraden -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
... . Camp 13 Murchison Victoria POW Ruins Internment Camp Camp 13 ...Camp 13 goal. Towards s-sw of whole area. Ruins.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Brick, timber, cement sheeting, wire fencing, ruins of POW goal.camp 13, murchison victoria, pow, ruins, internment camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPhotograph, Arthur Knee, Camp 13 Latrine Pit, 1989
... Camp 13, Murchison. POW German, Italian and Japanese 1941... Tatura the-murray Camp 13, Murchison. POW German, Italian ...Camp 13, Murchison. POW German, Italian and Japanese 1941 - 1946. Latrine pit constructed at Camp 13. Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Camp 13, s.w. corner - 7 metre deep latrine pitcamp 13, pow, murchison victoria, ruins, latrine pit
