Miscellaneous material donated or collected.Black two ring folderdocuments, reports

Brought home by Peter Trull from Moratai, Tarakan IslandRectangular wooden army ammunition (detonator) box with metal clips to close/secure lid to main box.Letters and words on box: 844 Japanese characters/scriptarmy ammunition box, trull, p, tatura, japan, tarakan island, arms, ammunition

Tatura Showgrounds, supply base for the internment Camps in the Tatura Group, 1940.Black and white photo of a row of army trucks, railway sleepers in foreground.army trucks, railway sleepers, supply base for camps, internment camps victoria

Australian Army Garrison Guards at Dhurringile Internee German Internee Camp. (later POW camp for German Officers)Black and white photograph of 3 soldiers in front a tent. To left of photo open tent with floor.dhurringile garrison, army soldiers, australian pow camp guards

Captain Maddigan and his family were at Camp 4.Black and white photograph of Captain Maddigan, peak cap, kneeling with his 5 year old daughter standing, straddled across his left leg. Behind is a bushy tree and the Australian flag. 2/3 in the photograph an Army hut, right of picture, with hedge and a man behind Captain Maddigan.madigan, captain, 1944, camp 4 garrison

Photograph of Army Pay Corps, Administration staff from Camp 13 Murchison.Black and white photograph of 9 men and women standing and 8 men and women sitting in front of a hut. On corfu.garrison pay corps, camp 13, administrative staff, joyce montgomery

Front row right Dr Sturzenhofecker and child, Mrs Weiberle (Sarona Palestine), Mrs Dehnel (dressmaker, Austria), Mrs Vollmer (Palestine), Mrs Lippmann (Sarona Palestine), Mrs Kollat (Australia), Dr Reitmeair (Australia). Back row Mrs Wurster (Haifa Palestine), Mrs Kuebler (Sarona Palestine), Mrs Boerner (New Guinea Mission) and Mr Boerner (New Guinea Mission). Third row Dr Rubitschung (Jaffa Palestine).Black and white photograph. 12 adult school teachers, with a pre school boy standing in front right hand side, standing in front of an Army tin hut with double doors open. sturzenhofecker, weiberle, dehnel, vollmer, lippmann, kallat, reitmaeir, wurster, kuebler, boerner, rubitschung, camp 3 internees, camp teachers, camp schools

Army officers of A Company, 17th Garrison Battalion, No Camp 1 Tatura. (2 different size photographs) Front row (l to r): Lieutenant J A Frances, Lieutenant Cyril Leyshon White MM, Major E C Foster MC, Captain E A Scates Back row (l to r): Lieutenant S H Edwards, Lieutenant I H Trend, Lieutenant L F Brown.Black and white photograph of 7 officers in full uniform, (3 standing, 4 sitting). Tree directly behind them. Buildings can be seen on either side in backgroundlieutenant s h edwards, lieutenant trend, lieutenant brown, captain scates, camp 1 officers, lieutenant j a frances, lieutenant cyril leyshon white, major e c foster, 17th garrison battalion

The photograph is of Captain Edward Arthur Scates, camp 1 garrison and officer in charge Camp 2. He retired in late 1842.Black and white photograph of a Army officer, in full uniform, standing in front of a fence and a tree behind the fence. The man is looking to his right.camp 1 garrison, captain scates, camp 2 oic, edward arthur scates

Army 1939-45 8th Bn. A.M.F. Members from Stawell. Taken near Mt Martha Campstawell ww2

Army 1939-45 8th Bn A.M.F. Members from Stawell. Taken near Mt Martha Campstawell ww2

Many displaced people who migrated to Australia after World War 2 brought similar tubs with them as part of their luggage. The tubs were valued by the migrants because they were used for washing clothes and other laundry items, and for bathing children and even adults. The tub in our possession was brought out to Australia in 1950 by the Pierzak family who eventually settled in North Sunshine, Victoria. The following story about the Pierzak family has been provided by the daughter Halina Wlodarczyk (nee Pierzak). The father Stanislaw Pierzak was born on the 26th of July 1916 in Zbrza, and the mother Teodozja (Teodozia) Szalas on the 5th of March 1919 in Goleciny, both villages in the Kielce district of Poland. In 1940 they were both taken by the German Army to work as slave labour on farms in Germany. Stanislaw worked in the Saxonia area and Teodozja near Dillingen. The work was hard, and when Teodozja contracted pneumonia she was told that she would not be given any food if she did not work. After the war the displaced persons, as they were called, were settled in various barracks and camps organised by the United States Army. Stanislaw and Teodozja married in Gablingen, Bavaria, Germany, and Halina was born in the camp at Gablingen in 1949. The displaced people were given the choice of several countries if they wanted to migrate from war torn Germany, and so the Pierzak family chose Australia. The Pierzak family set sail from Naples, Italy aboard the ship General M. B. Stewart and arrived in Sydney on the 17th of April 1950. The men and women had to stay in separate quarters, and many passengers were so sick that they did not think they would survive the journey. In Australia they lived in migrant camps in NSW at Bathurst, Orange, Parkes and Cowra. To pay off their fares to Australia migrants were required to work under contract for 2 years. Stanislaw Pierzak worked in Broken Hill NSW returning to visit his family every 3 to 4 months. The son John was born in the Red Cross building at the Parkes camp in 1952. In 1953 the whole family moved to Melbourne and lived in a converted garage in Victor Street, North Sunshine. In 1954 the family bought a bungalow on a block of land in Compton Parade, North Sunshine, where eventually they built a house. Stanislaw Pierzak worked at Steelweld in Ashley Street, Braybrook travelling there on his bicycle, while Teodozja Pierzak found work at Smorgon in West Footscray. Stanislaw and Teodozja Pierzak lived in North Sunshine for the rest of their lives, and Mrs Pierzak always said that Sunshine was the best place in the world.Tubs like this which belonged to displaced people were highly valued possessions and are of historic significance. They were brought out to Australia after World War 2 by many migrating displaced families. The tubs were used for washing activities in the camps in Germany, and the migrant camps in Australia, and also when people lived in bungalows in Australia before they built houses with laundries and bathrooms.Oval shaped galvanised iron tub with two rigid handles, one at each end. The top of the tub is larger than the base. The galvanising is deteriorating in some parts which show a whitish appearance. There are some small dents, and a few chips in the galvanising where surface rust has appeared.The number 70 is stamped on both sides.washing tub, galvanised tub, laundry, bath, displaced persons, immigration, general m. b. stewart, galvanized tub, pierzak, galvanised wash tub