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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Functional object - Cigarette Case
... Murchison POW Camp 13...Made by a German Prisoner of War in Murchison POW Camp 13... on each corner. Made by a German Prisoner of War in Murchison POW ...Made by a German Prisoner of War in Murchison POW Camp 13. A gift to one of the Garrison guards who was boarding with the Fennell Family in SheppartonHandmade wooden cigarette case with inlay pattern on top and bottom of case. A slide opening in front for cigarettes to be placed in case. The case is attached to a wooden base with a drop-in turned ashtray and cigaretter holder. Sitting on four legs on each corner.murchison pow camp 13, camp 13 garrison, cigarette case, woodwork -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Button - metal
... Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard..., indent in middle Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time ...Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard. Contained in a gold coloured material covered display box.Metal button with 4 holes, indent in middlecamp 13, metal buttons -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, Australian One Penny 1945, 1945
... Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard.... Australian half penny 1945 Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war ...Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard. Contained in a gold coloured material covered display box.Circular Commonwealth of Australia copper coin, value one penny, dated 1945. Head and shoulders impression of George V1 on reverse side. Kangaroo on front. Latin script around circumference.Australian half penny 1945camp 13, penny coin, australian currency, murchison internment camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, Australian One Penny 1943, 1943
... Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard... circumference. Australia Penny 1943 Found at POW camp 13 site post war ...Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard. Contained in a gold coloured material covered display box.Circular Commonwealth of Australia copper coin, value one penny, dated 1943. Head and shoulders impression of George V1 on reverse side. Kangaroo in flight on front. Latin script around circumference.Australia Penny 1943camp 13, penny coin, australian currency, murchison camp, 1942 australian penny -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, Australian Penny 1945, 1944
... Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard.... Australian penny 1944 Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time ...Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard. Contained in a gold coloured material covered display box.Circular Commonwealth of Australia copper coin, value one penny, dated 1945. Head and shoulders impression of George V1 on reverse side. Kangaroo in flight on front. Latin script around circumference.Australian penny 1944camp 13, penny coin, australian currency, murchison camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Rolf Tauber, Eine Handbreit Stacheldraht Unterm Kiel (A hand's breadth of barbed wire under the keel), 2015
... , Werner Buschmann, as an internee/POW in Camps 1&3 in the Tatura... internee, Werner Buschmann, as an internee/POW in Camps 1&3 ...Written in German - telling experiences of WW2 internee, Werner Buschmann, as an internee/POW in Camps 1&3 in the Tatura Region, Victoria , Australia.165 pages, B/W photos -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Dhurringile POW Camp Prisoners
... Dhurringile POW Camp Prisoners...Group photo taken early 1941 Dhurringile POW Camp Prisoners... Tatura the-murray Photograph Photograph Dhurringile POW Camp ...Group photo taken early 1941 Dhurringile POW Camp Prisoners, Lt. Gerhard Rahm., Lt. Fritz Krampe, Lt. Albrecht.Fritz Krampe3 men in uniform standing with hands behind back. Trees in back ground. photograph, otto albrecht, german lieutenants, fritz krampe, gerhard rahms -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, Australian One Penny 1932, 1932
... Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard... on reverse side one penny Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war ...Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard. Contained in a gold coloured material covered display box.Circular Commonwealth of Australia copper coin, value one penny, dated 1932. Head and shoulders impression of George V wearing a crown on reverse sideone pennycamp 13, penny coin, australian currency, 1932 australian penny -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 1967
... POW camp... Built James Winter 1877. POW camp 1941-1946. Presbyterian... Winter 1877. POW camp 1941-1946. Presbyterian Boys Home 1965 ...Built James Winter 1877. POW camp 1941-1946. Presbyterian Boys Home 1965 - 1965. H. M. Rehabilitation Prison.Dhurringile Mansiondhurringile mansion, pow camp, internee camp, james winter, presbyterian boys home, h. m. rehabilitation prison. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Ring - signet, Von Hardenberg, Signet ring
... Made by Graf Hardenberg, a POW at camp 13. A silver coin...Murchison, Murchison POW Camp 13., Victoria, Australia... Hardenberg, a POW at camp 13. A silver coin and gold plate was used ...Made by Graf Hardenberg, a POW at camp 13. A silver coin and gold plate was used to make it. Ring was made for Adolf Wilke, an internee.Silver and gold signet ring. Decorative scroll like pattern on the shoulders of the ring. Rectangular gold signet on the top.AWsignet ring, von hardenberg, camp 13 jewellery, adolf wilke -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, 2002
... POB Coburg POW 5/1941; VX34601 Murray BURLES DOB 12/9/1919 POB... POB Coburg POW 5/1941; VX34601 Murray BURLES DOB 12/9/1919 POB ...Image depicts a group of 14 men who served with the 2/24 Battalion during World War 2 attending annual reunion in Wangaratta in November 2002. They include:- VX24987 Clifford GIERSCH DOB 16/12/1918 POB Culcairn; Bill WILLIAMS; VX15247 Alan MacFARLANE DOB 13/9/1908 POB England; VX43349 Leslie HANSEN DOB 26/1/1920 POB Coburg POW 5/1941; VX34601 Murray BURLES DOB 12/9/1919 POB Hobart; VX44006 Robert CLARK DOB 15/1/1920 POB Glenhuntly; VX34767 Thomas ANDERSON DOB 31/5/1914 POB Hamilton POW 5/1941 VX34505 James HUGHES DOB 28/5/1920 POB Castlemaine POW 5/1941; VX31279 Eric EDWARDS DOB 3/8/1916 POB Mordialloc POW 1/5/1941 VX29686 Gordon POIDEVIN DOB 30/3/1917 POB Corowa POW 3/5/1941; VX34760 Reginald GUNNING DOB 29/1/1919 POB Branxholme VX46233 Robert KEE DOB 10/11/1916 POB Sydney; VX45356 Douglas GRAY DOB 16/8/1918 POB Bendigo (Bugler) VX40320 Edgar SHILLING DOB 12/7/1918 POB England; The 2/24th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during World War II .A unit of all-volunteers, it was formed in July 1940 from primarily Victorian volunteers and was known as "Wangaratta's Own" because of the time the battalion spent in the town during its formative period prior to deployment overseas. It served in North Africa in 1941–1942 as part of the 26th Brigade, which was assigned to the 7th Division, before being reassigned to the 9th Division. In early 1943, the battalion returned to Australia and later took part in campaigns against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1943–1944 and Borneo in 1945, before being disbanded in 1946. The 2/24th suffered the highest number of casualties of any 2nd AIF infantry battalion. The Unit was granted the Freedom of the City by the Rural City of Wangaratta in 1990 and one of the first, if not the first, to receive this type of honour.Colour photograph of 14 men in two rows with Australian flag in background. Attached plaque contained 12 names2/24th battalion, wangaratta -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Federmann, Alles Eine Linie, 1942
... POW Camp 13...Book was a 1942 Christmas gift for Adolf Wilke, POW camp 13... for Adolf Wilke, POW camp 13 Murchison by all members of the camp ...Book was a 1942 Christmas gift for Adolf Wilke, POW camp 13 Murchison by all members of the camp theatre group. Signed by members of the cast.Hand made/bound cloth covered book containing poems, plays and cartoon sketches (done in ink). Page 3 features hand written signature in pencil. Illustration on front cover of mans face with the title above and date below. 26 numbered pages.adolf wilke, pow camp 13, pow christmas gift, internment camp theatre groups -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, David Jones Nursing Home Murchison
... pow camps... that were painted by Hans Walter von Gruenewaldt while he was a POW... that were painted by Hans Walter von Gruenewaldt while he was a POW ...The nursing home now houses many of the mural paintings that were painted by Hans Walter von Gruenewaldt while he was a POW in Camp 13.Colour photo of David Jones Nursing Home, Murchison Victoria.hans walter von gruenewalt, camp 13 murchison, pow camps, caricatures, david jones nursing home murchison victoria -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph
... for by money tokens in lieu of money. POW's were forbidden to have... tokens in lieu of money. POW's were forbidden to have. Originals ...Camp stores carried a supply of stamps to be paid for by money tokens in lieu of money. POW's were forbidden to have. Originals owned by Gustav Polig.Photograph of camp tokens (coins)ww2 artists, camp 13, gustav polig, internment camp currency -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Tatura & The Shire of Rodney, 1969
... , educational, recreational, WW2 POW and Internment Camps..., educational, recreational, WW2 POW and Internment Camps books history ...History of Tatura and district from early settlers. Includes Shire of Rodney ecclesiastical, legal, medical, educational, recreational, WW2 POW and Internment CampsWhite green orange cover. Black writing. Sketch of tomatoes and leaves on coverbooks, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Wooden Inlaid Tray, Original c.1945
... photograph of wooden inlaid tray made in camp 13 by a German POW... photograph of wooden inlaid tray made in camp 13 by a German POW ...Emailed photo with request for more information. Emailed photograph of wooden inlaid tray made in camp 13 by a German POW, and acquired by garrison member.Emailed photographcamp 13, craftwork, photography, photograph, slides, film -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Documents, Heritage Victoria, 06.09.2005
... and Camp 13 POW Camp site.... and Camp 13 POW Camp site. ...Letter in answer to a query as to status of Camp 13. Reports from Heritage Victoria describing Dhurringile Mansion and Camp 13 POW Camp site.Correspondence and reports. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Kurt Friedrich, 1988
... pow guards...Photograph of Kurt Friedrich, a German POW in Camp 13... jacket and dark tie. Photograph of Kurt Friedrich, a German POW ...Photograph of Kurt Friedrich, a German POW in Camp 13 at Murchison Victoria. Guard George Campbell corresponded with Kurt Friedrich after end of WW2.Black and white photograph of a man, shoulders up, dressed in dark suit jacket and dark tie.pow's, camp 13 murchison, german pow's, george campbell, pow guards, kurt friedrich -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 1947
... in London. "Orontes" unable to disembark POW's in Cuxhaven, Germany... in London. "Orontes" unable to disembark POW's in Cuxhaven, Germany ...WO2 Woof meeting General Birdwood, on ANZAC Day 1947 in London. "Orontes" unable to disembark POW's in Cuxhaven, Germany because of the big Freeze.Black and white photograph of WO2 John Woof AIF meeting General Birdwood Anzac Day 1947.pow's, repatriated pow's, wo john woof, general birdwood, aif -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Aerial Photograph Dhurringile Mansion, 1940
... dhurringile pow camp... Dhurringile POW camp aerial photograph. Obtain May 1989... and surrounding area. North is at top of picture. Dhurringile POW camp ...Dhurringile POW camp aerial photograph. Obtain May 1989 from the Historic Photographs Department, Treasury Place, Melbourne (Central Planning Office). Black and white photograph. Aerial photo of Dhurringile Camp and surrounding area. North is at top of picture.dhurringile pow camp, dhurringile aerial photo -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - FOB WATCH & CASE WW1, c.1900
... Item was given to M E MONIGATTI who was a POW in Germany... to be: “BRAVO” Item was given to M E MONIGATTI who was a POW in Germany ...Item was given to M E MONIGATTI who was a POW in Germany in exchange for a sandwich by a German soldier. Ref Cat No 3562 for his service details..1) FOB Watch, round, face is intricate with inlays of silver, coloured flowers blue / red / green around numbers. Face has small second hand. Rear opens, inside inscriptions. .2) Metal case to suit watch with glass face, inside has red felt lining. Swivel ring at top..1) Wording appears to be: “Resnontow cylinder 10 Reelis, 22652” .2) Wording appears to be: “BRAVO”accessory, watch, fob -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, D Wall, Heroes of F Force, 1993
... , Australian & British POWs who were part of the Construction Force..., Australian & British POWs who were part of the Construction Force ...Book is an account of the experiences of members of F Force, Australian & British POWs who were part of the Construction Force of the Burma - Thailand Railway in 1943.Brown, soft card cover. Illustrated with title on front & spine in white letters. 170 cut edge pages. Black & white illustrations.On front cover under clear tape: Changi to Burma Railway 6/12 Previous owner's name stamped on title page - Dr L K Morgan, 57 McIvor Road, Bendigo.books, military -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Postcard, Fritz Mittmann, German POW, Afrika Korps
... Fritz Mittmann, German POW, Afrika Korps.... of German POWs on postcard sent home to Germany. Fritz Mittmann back... of German POWs on postcard sent home to Germany. Fritz Mittmann back ...Original post card loaned for copying. Group photograph of German POWs on postcard sent home to Germany. Fritz Mittmann back row centre.photography, photograph, slides, film -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, 2003
... DOB 26/1/1920 POB Coburg POW 5/1941; VX31699 Alan NICHOLSON... HANSEN DOB 26/1/1920 POB Coburg POW 5/1941; VX31699 Alan ...Image depicts a group of 11 men who served with the 2/24 Battalion during World War 2 attending annual reunion in Wangaratta in November 2003. They include:- Back Row: VX34601 Murray BURLES DOB 12/9/1919 POB Hobart; Bill WILLIAMS VX43349 Leslie HANSEN DOB 26/1/1920 POB Coburg POW 5/1941; VX31699 Alan NICHOLSON DOB 27/10/1918 POB Korumburra POW 1/5/1941; VX15247 Alan MacFARLANE DOB 13/9/1918 POB England; Front Row: VX44006 Robert CLARKE DOB 15/1/1920 POB Glenhuntly; VX48597 Dr Guy ROBERTSON DOB 4/7/1918 POB St Arnaud, RMO VX34767 Thomas ANDERSON DOB 31/5/1914 POB Hamilton POW 5/1941 VX29686 Gordon POIDEVIN DOB 30/3/1917 POB Corowa POW 3/5/1941; VX45356 Douglas GRAY DOB 16/8/1918 POB Bendigo (Bugler) The 2/24th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during World War II .A unit of all-volunteers, it was formed in July 1940 from primarily Victorian volunteers and was known as "Wangaratta's Own" because of the time the battalion spent in the town during its formative period prior to deployment overseas. It served in North Africa in 1941–1942 as part of the 26th Brigade, which was assigned to the 7th Division, before being reassigned to the 9th Division. In early 1943, the battalion returned to Australia and later took part in campaigns against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1943–1944 and Borneo in 1945, before being disbanded in 1946. The 2/24th suffered the highest number of casualties of any 2nd AIF infantry battalion. The Unit was granted the Freedom of the City by the Rural City of Wangaratta in 1990 and one of the first, if not the first, to receive this type of honour.Colour photograph of 11 men standing and seated in two rows 2/24th battalion, wangaratta -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - CARD - LICENCE, 1) c.1970; .2) 27.8.1969
... of POW's under the Geneva Convention 1949. Side 2 is a list of key... 1 side details the handling of POW's under the Geneva ...Items belonged to Wayne William Forbes No 3176337 RAE. Refer Cat No 754 for service history also 2586. Part of an extensive collection including his fathers..1) Card, Australian Force Vietnam PW Instruction Card (Prisoner of War). On white background 1 side details the handling of POW's under the Geneva Convention 1949. Side 2 is a list of key phases in English & Vietnamese. Card is a plastic sealed sheath. .2) Army Drivers Licence, brown canvas outer, folds in 3. Inside details the particulars of W FORBES..2) 3176337 - SPR - Wayne William FORBES Licence No 82172documents - cards, licences, military history - army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW2
... in Action Java then Missing POW 7.3.1942, recovered POW Siam... Missing in Action Java then Missing POW 7.3.1942, recovered POW ...Merton Charles WILLOUGHBY VX54056 enlisted on 24.4.41 in the 2nd AIF aged 37 years. Posted to Pioneer Wing 23.6.1941, graded Cook Group 2 in 2/2nd Pioneer Bn. Embark for the Middle East 2.11.1941 disembarking 4.11.1941, relinquishes Group 2 Cook position, embark for Batavia 18.2.1942, reported Missing in Action Java then Missing POW 7.3.1942, recovered POW Siam 20.8.1945, embark from Singapore 29.9.45 disembarking Australia 17.10.1945, discharged from the Army 1.3.1946. With the entry of Japan into the war the 2/2nd Battalion embarked from the Middle East for Australia but was diverted to defend Java with 7th Division elements under what was called “Blackforce”. Some 800 where taken POW and 258 died in captivity. Medal set, court mounted, set of (4) re M.C Willoughby. 1. 1939-45 Star. 2. The Pacific Star. 3. British War Medal 1939-1945. 4. Australian Service Medal. "VX54056 MC Willoughby"medals, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph, Est 1940
... , POW. Refer 2485 for medals and service history also 1076... Robert Maskell VX25221 4th Anti Tank Regt 2nd AIF, POW. Refer ...Alfred Robert Maskell VX25221 4th Anti Tank Regt 2nd AIF, POW. Refer 2485 for medals and service history also 1076, 1100.2. Photo, sepia tone, soldier in uniform. Photo has black edging with details of the soldier underneath."Alfred Robert Maskell VX25221 4th Anti Tank Regt"photography, military, history -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio - Cassette - mini, Hans Wettl
... Murchison POW Camp 13... about his experiences in Murchison POW Camp 13. Hans died 3... by Australian John Anderson about his experiences in Murchison POW Camp ...Hans Wettl was interviewed by Australian John Anderson about his experiences in Murchison POW Camp 13. Hans died 3 months after the interview. Small black and red cassette, normally used in a video camera, inside a small plastic case.Hans Wettl 2 of 2 (C9128)hans wettl, john anderson, murchison pow camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Franz Heinrich Dahm, 2014
... .dhurringile pow camp... and imprisonment in Dhurringile POW Camp Brought to Tatura by Dahm's... POW Camp Brought to Tatura by Dahm's daughter while on a visit ...Account in German, written by Dahm, of his capture and imprisonment in Dhurringile POW Camp Brought to Tatura by Dahm's daughter while on a visit to Dhurringile Mansion 2014.Red plain covered,black bound printed document of 202 pages.german afrika korps, .dhurringile pow camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
... POW...Camp 13 held German, Italian and Japanese POW's between... eucalyptus. Camp 13 held German, Italian and Japanese POW's between ...Camp 13 held German, Italian and Japanese POW's between 1941-1946. Has since reverted to grazing land. Owner Jim Finnegan of Murchison.Camp 13, Murchison, Victoria. Fence posts with concrete remains of kitchen and shower block beyond. German compound. Bare earth foreground, few eucalyptus.camp 13,, pow, murchison victoria, german pow's, internment camps