Medical orderlies from Camp 4.Black and white photograph. Camp 4 end of 1945. Mary Stace COS medical orderly section d; and Annie Chu COS medical orderly section A standing behind a flower bed with end of hut to their left.camp 4 japanese internees, mary stace, annie chu, medical orderlies internment camps

There were 7 camps in the area during World War II which held about 4,000-8,000 people at any one time. 3 camps housed Prisoners Of War who were enemy servicemen captured in various theatres of war around the world and transported to Australia for the duration of the war. The remaining 4 camps held Internees who were civilians living in Australia or other Allied territories and countries at the outbreak of war and were deemed to be a security risk because of their nationality. The camps were situated in the Goulburn Valley as food was plentiful here and there was a good supply of water from the Waranga Basin.A coloured sketch showing all the compounds at Tatura War and Internment Camp.internment, ww2, world war two, tatura, goulburn valley, war camps, prisoner of war, prisoner of war camps

Original menu for farewell dinner for Captain MacInnes. tan piece of paper. landscape, folded in half. Front cover has a colour drawing of a ship, flying the medical red cross emblem. Under this is hand writing in black ink and the medical insignia of a snake and wand and wreath. Inside on right page, in black ink, handwritten is the menu. Back page, in black in is the signature of people whom attended the function. Farewell Dinner to Captain A MacInnes, D Company 17th Garrison Battalioncaptain macinnes, alan macinnes, d company 17th garrison battalion, internment camps ww2, medical officer camp 4 tatura

2 girls from Tatura (Joan Nyhan, nee McNamara (with plaits) and Mary Quinn nee McNamara, with 2 girls from internment camp 3. All were boarders at the Echuca Brigidine Convent. Photograph taken by Father Owens. Black and white photograph of 4 girls in a field picking mushrooms. Photograph is in a dark brown frame with dark tan mat.echuca brigidine convent, father owens, internment camp 3 children, joan nyhan, mary quinn, joan mcnamara, father arthur owens