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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Puppet, Skull, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Paper mache head in shape of a skull - painted grey with black eyes, nose and white mouth. Wearing a dark brown "bush" hat.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharron lohe, ww2 internment camp puppet theatre, puppet theatre -
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Artwork, other - Puppet, Judy, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Brown paper mache head and arms, no body. Long dark blue material trousers under the dress. At end of material legs are small paper wooden legs and black shoes intact. Judy has a colourful dress with yellow apron. Dress has many different pieces of material of various patterns.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 internment camp puppet theatre, murchison internment camp -
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Artwork, other - Puppet, Green Lady, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Tan paper mache head ,face painted with water colours, brown headscarf over white hair, green dress with long sleeves. No body or arms/legs.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharron lohe, ww2 internment camp puppet theatre, puppet theatre -
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Artwork, other - Puppet, Princess, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time. Paper mache head & arms hand painted pink. Small paper crown on top of white painted hair. White fabric dress with metallic gold trim in front on sleeves. A high collar attached to dress made of white fabric covering leather for stiffness. Blue cotton coat with gold trim. Wooden legs covered in calico with blue painted high heel shoes, with white heels.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharron lohe, ww2 internment camp puppet theatre, puppet theatre -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Corporal John M McGlade
The story of Corporal John Matthew McGlade through WW1 and WW2. Also donated one Disney Pig playing flute(C7990) and a ship in a bottle (C7989). These were made by an Italian POW for Corporal McGlade.1 A4 sheet of typed paper in plastic sleeve with a sepia photograph of John.mcglade j m, corporal mcglade, tatura internment camp, murchison internment camp, 12th garrison battatlion -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Opticians visit
... Dhurringile POW Camp WW2 glasses Black and white photograph of 2 men ...Bernd Mildebrath, of Germany, visiting Jack Every, a 84 year old optician from Shepparton, who supplied his father in Dhurringile POW Camp with glasses in 1942. Bernd still uses the glasses case and frames. Photograph taken at Tatura Museum in 1998.Black and white photograph of 2 men, one in a blue and white check shirt and dark tie and the other in a white shirt with tie.bernd mildebrath, jack every, shepparton optician, dhurringile pow camp, ww2 glasses -
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Book, Geoff Adams et al, Service and Sacrifice, 1957
... POW Camps WW2... includes Roll of Honour. Murchison RSL Roll of Honour POW Camps WW2 ...Written to detail history of Murchison RSL. Includes history of POW Camps WW11 in district near Murchison. Also includes Roll of Honour.White plastic cover, blue letters title. RSL logo in centremurchison rsl, roll of honour, pow camps ww2 -
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Aeroplane 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 -
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Photograph - copy, copy 1988
... barracks gehalt von herr breckwold ww2 pow name of artist Colour ...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 -
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Photograph, Arthur Knee, Camp 13 Goal, 1989
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 -
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Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
Camp 13 artifact (photographed) red gum globe of world on carved stand made by POW. Purchased by Guard George Campbell. As at 1989 in Campbell's WW2 army collection.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Red gum globe of the world on carved standcamp 13,, murchison victoria, globe of world, wood work, pow, camp internees, carved wood, george campbell -
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Photograph - copy, D. Clark, German Cemetery Tatura, 1989 copy
German War Cemetery showing gates and flag poles, grave in back ground. Remains from all over Australia for reburial. World War 2 section opened on 16 November 1958. Memorial service held every year. Original photo held by R & L Kuhnle.Black and white photograph of German Cemetery, Tatura, showing gates and flag poles, grave in back ground. on back - German War Cemeterypow, german war cemetery, tatura victoria, ww2 -
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Photograph - copy, Manfred Mueller, Original 1942, copy 1989
WW2 internment camp Tatura. Prisoners of war.ID photo of German POW, Manfred Mueller, artist, in profile. Number PWG41595pow, german pow, pwg41595, manfred mueller -
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Photograph - copy, Manfred Mueller, Original 1942, copy 1989
WW2 Internment Camp Tatura, Prisoners of WarId photograph front view of German POW Manfred Mueller, number PWG41595, artist.pow, german pow, manfred mueller, pwg41595, internment camps, tatura -
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Document, Information sheets of POW and Internment Camps WW2, Tatura, 1990 typed
... Information sheets of POW and Internment Camps WW2, Tatura...POW Internment camps. WW2. Jewish refugees interned from... Tatura the-murray POW Internment camps. WW2. Jewish refugees ...POW Internment camps. WW2. Jewish refugees interned from Singapore in 1990. Information sheets of POW and Internment Camps WW2, Tatura.Clear plastic blue back folder.jewish internees, internment camps, pow, tatura victoria, camp 3 -
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Folio, Internee Recollections, 1993 translation
Diary of WW2 experiences as internee in Australia. Finnish Merchant seaman translated into English by Tor Lindquist. finnish merchant seaman, internment camps, pow -
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Folio Wartimes Camps, Garrison, c.1995
Copies of original material, records and recollections from the days the Camp operated during WW2, archival material, photographs and sketches. Unique material collected from the World War 2 Internment and Prisoner of War Camps in the Tatura, Murchison, Rushworth area during World War 2..Black two ring folder containing printed matter, sketches and photos in plastic sleeves.17th army garrison, pow camp, internment camp, tackaberry, ibbot, camp auction. -
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Folio Wartimes Camps, German POW, C.2005
Material from the WW2 prisoner of war Camp 13 at Murchison, official reports, letters and memorabilia. Original material emanating from the time Camp 13 operated as a prisoner of war camp during WW2.Black two ring folder containing printed material, sketches and photos all contained in plastic sleeves. -
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Photograph, Mr and Mrs Trucco and Mr and Mrs Davies
Former internees and families of Camp 13. 2 couples, Mr and Mrs Roddy Davies and Dr and Mrs Trucco, of Edinburgh Scotland, on left. Mr Trucco was Lieutenant Riccardo Trucco, Italian POW camp 13, who was the dentist at that camp. Colour photograph of 2 couples standing in front of the Museum wall with part of the Museum sign to the left of the photograph.roddy davies, dr trucco, lieutenant riccardo trucco, italian pow's, camp 13, riccardo trucco, lieutenant trucco, camp 13 dentist, ww2 internment camp dentist -
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Book, Rabbits & Spaghetti, 1995
... but as fellow human beings. italian pows ww2 italians Rabbits ...Dedicated to the remarkable spiriit of kindness and humanity, which, in the middle of one of history's worst wars, enabled so many men and women to see strangers not as the enemy but as fellow human beings.Black/grey light card cover with cream rectangle encasing title and a picture of a truck loaded with produce.Rabbits and Spaghettiitalian pows, ww2 italians -
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Riding Crop, 1944-45
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 -
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Documents- Archives, Kuhne, 1946
Donor is daughter of a member of Australian armed forces who served during WW2, and was member of garrison at Camp 13 after the war, in 1946. Donor was researching her father's service & obtained at her expense copies of these archives held by the AWM, related to daily activities in the camp during the time that her father was posted at Murchison. Records show, amongst other things, troop (garrison) movements, routine orders, outcomes of disciplinary proceedings. Copies of archival documents obtained from AWM, specifically Australian Army war diaries / intelligence summaries pertaining to Murchison POW group (Camp 13). For periods: 1. Jan-Mar 1946; 2. April-May 1946; 3. Jun-July 1946. Printed A4 pages. 3 separately bound parts. Series number: AWM52; Control Symbol: 8/7/40. Part 1 (Jan-Mar) - 110 pages. Part 2 (April-May) - 171 pages. Part 3 (June-July) - 99 pages. camp 13, murchison, prisoner of war camps, internee camps, world war ii, garrison -
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Suitcase, 1940's
Made by POW in Camp 13, MurchisonGreen painted, hessian covered handmade wooden suitcase with metal hendle, clips, locks and cornerssuitcase, harrison l, camp 13, tatura, ww2 camp 13, personal, effects, travel, goods -
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Sidearm - German, 1940's
Possession of POW at Camp13, Murchison. Formerly part of German paratroopers equipment/arms in WW2German paratroopers sidearm resembling large pocket knife with blade and retractable spike. Wood covereed metal shaft/handle riveted. Metal ring attached at spike end. Thumb guide towards unprotected blade.SMF Solingen Rostfreiarms, edged, weapons -
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Postcard - Post Card, Cesare Vagarini, Country Road, 1991
... Tatura the-murray POW Camp 13 artist. Original owned by Gustav ...POW Camp 13 artist. Original owned by Gustav Polig New York USA. Used for post card. In 1943 an agreement was reached to allow POW's to send air mail. Fee was 6 pence for a card, 1 shilling for a letter of which were censored.Coloured photograph country road. Post cardPOW Mailww2 artists, camp 13 -
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Photograph
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 -
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Photograph
drawing called "relaxation" by artist Manfred Mueller during his internment as a POW at Camp 13 Tatura.Photograph of coloured cartoon caricature of a woman seated to play a gramophone. ww2 artists, camp 13 tatura, manfred mueller -
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Photograph, 22 September 1991
Photos of the opening ceremony at the Tatura Museum, in conjunction with 50th Anniversary, of the Temple Society in Australia. Sister Beatrice Moore nursed at Camp 3 during WW2 and was invited by Tatura and District Historical Society to officially open their new buildings and display on POW and Internment Camps, on 22 September 1991. Present were Council president Andrew Crawford, Dieter Ruff and members of the Temple Society and members of the Historical Society.Coloured photos (3) 1 - official opening by Beatrice Moore, 22 September 1991; 2 - Dieter Ruff, Temple Society, official representative; 3 - Lurline Knee receiving her life membership from Historical Society President Ron Donaldson.ww2 artists, camp 13 tatura, temple society, sister beatrice moore, dieter ruff, lurline knee, life membership -
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Photograph
POW's wood detail, Rushworth forrest during WW2 watched by garrison soldiers.Black and white photo of workers using saw bench.internment camps, internment camp rushworth, pow's, garrison soldiers -
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Photograph
POW's wood detail, Rushworth forrest during WW2 watched by garrison soldiers.Black and white photo Mansion surrounded by fence with tent and soldiers in foreground.internment camps, internment camp rushworth, pow's, garrison soldiers