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Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Russell Braddon, The Naked island, 1955_
... in Malaya in 1941, and experiences in prisoner of war camps in Kuala..., and experiences in prisoner of war camps in Kuala Lumpur, Changi ...Account of the author's capture by the Japanese forces in Malaya in 1941, and experiences in prisoner of war camps in Kuala Lumpur, Changi and Thailand.18 x 11 cmprisoner of war camps, world war 2. malayan campaign -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Stalag Australia, 1986
... text and a photo of the monument in Murchison POW Camp 13... of the monument in Murchison POW Camp 13 on the front cover. Stalag ...Stalag Australia vividly and accurately reconstructs the story of Germans and their experiences as prisoners of war.Black hard cover book, white dust cover with black and red text and a photo of the monument in Murchison POW Camp 13 on the front cover.stalag australia, german pows, camp 13, dhurringile, ww2 camp 13 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, POW'S, P.O.W. Australian Prisoners of War in Hitler's Reich, 2011
... found themselves captives in Hitler's notorious prisoner of war... goldfields BOOK, POW'S Book P.O.W. Australian Prisoners of War ...Australians from every branch of our armed forces in WWII found themselves captives in Hitler's notorious prisoner of war camps.Cover - soft cardboard,black, cream & white print on front, spine & back. Background photo in black, white & red of soldiers in uniform sitting & standing. 523 pages, cut plain white paper. Illustrated with black & white photos & maps.books-military-history, pow's, reich -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Cartridge
... Found at POW camp 13 post war by war time guard. Contained.... unloaded. Found at POW camp 13 post war by war time guard ...Found at POW camp 13 post war by war time guard. Contained in a gold coloured material covered display box.1 cartridge, brass base and part of cylinder cardboard remainder of cylinder with inside sight hole. unloaded. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Female Office in Mustard Uniform - caricature, 1941-1946
... walter von gruenewaldt german pow internment camp 13 murchison ...Hans Walter von Gruenewaldt was a German POW who used his artistic ability to paint several large mural caricatures whilst he was held at Camp 13 at Murchison. The technique he used was colourful house paint, painted directly onto the walls of the German mess hut, reading room and recreation hall. After the war, the recreation hall paintings and all, was moved from the camp to the nearly town of Murchison and used as the RSL local dance hall for 50 years. When the hall was demolished the paintings were restored and framed by citizens of Murchison. The von Gruenewaldt murals presently hang in the David Jones Nursing home and other public buildings in Murchison.Photograph of caricature painted on mess hut wall. Female office in mustard uniform with green hat. The office is accompanied by a dog (coloured). hans walter von gruenewaldt, german pow, internment camp 13, murchison victoria, caricatures -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Button - metal
... Found at POW Camp 13 site post war by wartime guard... Camp 13 site post war by wartime guard metal button military ...Found at POW Camp 13 site post war by wartime guardRound metal button with bar across the centre. on the back "Superior" qualitymetal button, military uniform accessories -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Ivan Chapman, Details enclosed, 1941_
... and imprisoned in prisoner of war camps in Greece, Yugoslavia, Romania... of war camps in Greece, Yugoslavia, Romania and Germany during ...Account of two Australians, captured in Greece in 1941 and imprisoned in prisoner of war camps in Greece, Yugoslavia, Romania and Germany during World War 2224 p. pbkprisoners of war -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Button - brass, P J King Pty Ltd, 1940's
... Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time camp guard... of Australia and crown. on back P J King Pty Ltd Melb Found at POW camp ...Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time camp guardBrass button with Australian Military Forces around front edge, map of Australia in centre with a crown above. Has a brass loop on the back to attach to clothing. Contained in a black material covered display case with gold around edge.on front: Australian Military Forces and a map of Australia and crown. on back P J King Pty Ltd Melbbrass buttons, camp 13, military uniform accessories -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Picture (embroidered), Head of Christ, 1945
... Made by Vincenzo Longo, an Italian POW, in Murchison Camp..., in Murchison Camp 13, Graytown POW Camp and Tocumwal and presented ...Made by Vincenzo Longo, an Italian POW, in Murchison Camp 13, Graytown POW Camp and Tocumwal and presented to Vincent Villarroya, an Army Guard/Interpreter for Italian POW'sWooden framed, embroidered picture of "Head of Christ" worked in shades of red, blue, brown and cream cottons. Face and hands have been drawn. A bronze plaque in a small plastic bag is stuck on the back of the pictureDonated by the daughters of Vincent Villarroy 7/12/2007head of christ, embroidery, longo v, villarroya family, camp 13, tatura, ww2 camp 13, graytown pow camp, tocumwal, handcrafts -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting, Valma Paterson
... Vincenzo Galea was an Italian POW in Camp 13 Murchison... Galea was an Italian POW in Camp 13 Murchison. This portrait ...Vincenzo Galea was an Italian POW in Camp 13 Murchison. This portrait of Valma Paterson was painted from a photograph supplied by her father George Paterson, a Hygiene Officer with the Australian Army. Oil Portrait on canvas. Olive green background. A young lady with short dark brown hair. Gold highlights near centre part. Dark brown eyes and red lips. Wearing a light pink top with pleats on shoulders.V Galea 23/11/45camp 13, paterson, valma, george, murchison, vincenzo, galea, portrait -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Recommendation of the Executive Director and assessment of cultural heritage significance - Camp 13 Murchison
... significance of Murchison POW Camp 13. Compiled in 2018. Copy... heritage significance of Murchison POW Camp 13. Compiled in 2018 ...Recommendation and assessment of cultural heritage significance of Murchison POW Camp 13. Compiled in 2018. Copy of this report on C359542 pages murchison camp 13, pow camp 13, heritage significance -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Internment and Prisoner of War |Camps WW2 Tatura 1939-1946, 1939-1946 to when collected
... paper is printed title Internment and Prisoner of War |Camps WW2... Tatura the-murray Document Internment and Prisoner of War |Camps ...A fascinating collection of memorabilia focusing particularly on the 50th anniversary of the Dunera Boys, Dunera news, commemoration booklets, Melbourne Uni archives, Sergeant Snow white - letters, Tatura Dreams 1987 - cartoons, the Dunera experience - autographs (some indecipherable), newspaper cuttings and press articles. See work sheet for complete list.Black and white flecked lever arch stiff cover folder. Cover on the 8 cm back is in green. Lever Arch. and on a white paper is printed title Internment and Prisoner of War |Camps WW2 Tatura 1939-1946 and beneath that Memorabilia from camp inmates and historical publications.see abovedunera 50th reunion -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Adolf Wilke, Study of Bearded Dragon Lizard, 1943-1947
... dragon lizards compiled by Adolf Wilke, former POW at Camp 13...Murchison, Murchison POW Camp 13., Victoria, Australia... dragon lizards compiled by Adolf Wilke, former POW at Camp 13 ...Book is a compilation of notes on the study of bearded dragon lizards compiled by Adolf Wilke, former POW at Camp 13, Murchison. Separate article about the Goanna is from the magazine "walkabout" 1st October 1943.Hard cover loose leaf book with hand written notes in German script. Also features magazine cuttings/articles, in English. Held together with piece of thin white tape inserted through punched holes in cloth spine. 2 x separate articles in pockets on 3rd from back end page.bearded dragon lizards, adolf wilke, pow camp 13, goanna, walkabout magazine -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German POW's
... Group of German POW's at Murchison camp 13 who were... Pow's Murchison Camp 13 no 6 labour detachment Hubsch Marmann ...Group of German POW's at Murchison camp 13 who were attached to the no 6 labour detachment. Back row: Hubsch, Marmann, Ruff, Krebs, Schoepf. Front row: Winter, Freiberger, Dring, Wendroth and Trettel.HistoricBlack and white photograph of 10 German internees in uniform sitting in front of a hut. 739 in front of them.german pow's, murchison camp 13, no 6 labour detachment, hubsch, marmann, ruff, krebs, schoepf, winter, freiberger, dring, wendroth, trettel, 739 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Bullet
... Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard... MF 43 9mm 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.1 bullet (set of 4 identical) unloadedMF 43 9mmcamp 13, ammunition, war time ammunition -
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
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, Kurt Friedrich, 1988
... Photograph of Kurt Friedrich, a German POW in Camp 13... in Camp 13 at Murchison Victoria. Guard George Campbell ...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
Magazine, Wild Life, June 1947
... at Camp 13 Murchison. Article page 207..... Adolf was a POW at Camp 13 Murchison. Article page 207. adolf ...Australian nature magazine featuring articles written by POW Adolf Wilke about bearded lizards. Title of article "My Prison Companions" (part 1). Part 2 C7685. Adolf was a POW at Camp 13 Murchison. Article page 207.Soft covered magazine stapled at spine, has black and white illustrations throughout. Front cover features red coloured flower heads (waratah). Title is also in red. Vol 8 no 6. Price 1/-.Miss Joan Graf, 25 Lothair Road, London N4 England Wilkeadolf wilke, my prison companions, camp 13 murchison, pow camps, australian nature magazine -
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - "Next of Kin. Search Begins", Bendigo Advertiser, November 25 2017
... of war camp in 1918. Why did he list his next of kin as one Mrs... in Rosendale, in the United Kingdom. He died in a prisoner of war camp ...Mr Wilfred (or William) Warwick's name is listed on a war memorial in Rosendale, in the United Kingdom. He died in a prisoner of war camp in 1918. Why did he list his next of kin as one Mrs A. L. Pankhurst of Wattle Street Bendigo?Bendigo Advertiser. Search for Relationship between Mr. Warwick and Mrs Pankhurst of Wattle Street, Bendigo. Cover story in Bendigo Advertiser dated Saturday December 16, 2017. Genealogist Judy Pearman.controversy, william warwick, mrs pankhurst -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Medal - Iron Cross, Gefreiter Franz Rapp, 1940's
... . Possession of POW in Camp 13 at Murchison... of POW in Camp 13 at Murchison numismatics Gefreiter Franz Rapp ...Iron Cross 2nd class, posthumously awarded to Gefreiter Frank Rapp who died in action on the Finnish front in 1941. Possession of POW in Camp 13 at MurchisonMilitary medal, Iron Cross, in form of cross, black & silver with date 1813 on one side, swastika in centre of the other. Black, white, red striped ribbon threaded through metal ring attached to medal.numismatics, gefreiter franz rapp, german military medals, iron cross second class, hartmut beck, franz rapp -
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... in Murchison POW Camp 13. Hans died 3 months after the interview. (CD ...Hans Wettl was interviewed by Australian John Anderson about his experiences in Murchison POW Camp 13. Hans died 3 months after the interview. (CD copy of this interview C9125)Small black and red cassette, normally used in a video camera, inside a small plastic case.Hans Wettl 1 of 2 ( C9130)hans wettl, john anderson, murchison pow camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Riding Crop, 1944-45
... Made by a German Prisoner of War in Camp 13 (Murchison... with a loop for hanging. Made by a German Prisoner of War in Camp 13 ...Made by a German Prisoner of War in Camp 13 (Murchison) and given to a member of the garrison, R. E. O'Hara. Internees / POW's made many items from largely scrap material during their time in the camps. This item holds historical and cultural significance as an example of the ingenuity of internees & how many occupied their time in camps, shaping the cultural and creative life of those in the camps. Also a possible indicator of relationship between garrison and internees. Dark brown wooden crop or swagger stick with a wooden knob on one end and a horse hair plume attached with cord to the other end. Fine cord attached to knob end with a loop for hanging. murchison, camp 13, tatura, garrison, prisoner of war, internee camps, ww2 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Magazine, Wild Life, July 1947
... of "My Prison Companions" (part 1 C7684) Adolf was a POW at Camp... was a POW at Camp 13 Murchison. Original articles was translated ...Australian nature magazine featuring articles written by POW Adolf Wilke about bearded lizards. This is the second part of "My Prison Companions" (part 1 C7684) Adolf was a POW at Camp 13 Murchison. Original articles was translated from German by Captain Llewellyn Seal, of Army Intelligence and is about bearded lizards. Page 245.Soft covered magazine stapled at spine, has black and white illustrations throughout. Front cover features bird on tree limbs with seed in its beak. Orange splash on birds wings. Title is also in orange. Vol 9 no 7. Wilkeadolf wilke, my prison companions, camp 13 murchison, pow camps, australian nature magazine, bearded lizards, captain llewellyn seal -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Suitcase
... Made by POW at Camp 13, Murchison who was a crew member...) Made by POW at Camp 13, Murchison who was a crew member ...Made by POW at Camp 13, Murchison who was a crew member of the "Ramses". Suitcase made for owners possessions Many of the Internees & POW's who arrived in Australia with all their belongings in a canvas hold-all, made wooden suitcases for their possessions. Some were hoping for repatriation, others used them when moved from camp to camp. then lastly on their release.Handmade wooden suitcase with metal handle and clips- canvas straps attached to inside of case (Lid)suitcase, wooden, hahn j, asboth s, camp 13, tatura, camp 13 wooden suitcase, personal, effects, travel, goods