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Decorative object - Sailing Ship in Bottle, POW- Pedereul, Sailing Ship Wendy, 1944
Made by a POW as gift to Guard Clement Williams to celebrate the birth of a daughter A 3 mast sailing ship inside a spirits bottle. Polished wood with white sails. The name "Wendy" on the hull. A distant scene is painted on the back inside of bottle. A dark stained wooden stand is provided to hold the bottle."Wendy" on hull. "POW Pedereul Murchison POW 7231 Murchison" on bottle.pow, camp 13, murchison, ship in bottle -
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Shovel - hearth, Karl Wied, 1940's
Hand made hearth shovel made in Camp 3. Blade and sides of heavy duty galvanized iron. Handle and back made of wood. Iron nailed to wooden backing.shovel, hearth, wood, galvanized iron, karl wied, camp 3, internee -
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Photograph - copy, Dean Clark, copy 1989
Managers residence occupied by Mr and Mrs J. Lowry.Black and white photograph of north view of managers residence, Dhurringile Mansion in distance.On back: Nth view managers residence, Dhurringile Mansiondhurringile mansion, managers residence, lowry -
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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, Original 1942, copy 1989
... . Scurry, on horse back. WW2 Internment Camp 4, Tatura, Army staff ...WW2 Internment Camp 4, Tatura, Army staff.Camp 4 Commandant, Major W.C. Scurry, on horse back.camp 4, internment camps, internment camps army staff, major w. c. scurry -
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Document, Record of Life in Camp 1 A and B Tatura 5th June - 15th December 1940, 1940 photocopy
See document C5540.Same subject matter as C5540 with the addition of the list of approximately 600 names of German internees. In a plastic folder, clear plastic front. 3 cm red margin left hand side extending as the back cover.Record of Life in Camp 1 A and B Tatura 5th June - 15th December 1940german internees, internment camps, tatura -
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Document, Biography of Heinrich Walter Fuchs MD, 1991
Biography of Heinrich Walter Fuchs MD, an internee in Persia and Camp 3 Australia. Written by his daughter. Presented to the Society by his daughter.Plastic folder with red back.heinrich fuchs, internment camps, camp 3, persia, medical personnel -
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Document, Camp 3 theatre group, 1991 photocopy
In charge of production Wm Fugmann would probably be one of the main stays and initiator of the Camp 3 theatre group.Red back clear front plastic folder with a head and shoulders drawing of Wilhelm Fugmann under which is a brief biography. The back page has 3 similar drawings of Burkhard Drude, Michael Bar and A. Sturzenhofecker, in the roles of Marquees Posa "Don Carloss, Tell "Wilhelmtell" and Major Tellheim in "Minna Von Barnhelm" (A soldiers luck) respectively.Camp 3 internees - Wilhelm Fugmaninternment camp, fugmann, michael bar, a. sturzenhofecker, burkhard drude, minna von barnhelm, a soldiers luck, camp theatre, theatrical plays -
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Document, Information sheets of POW and Internment Camps WW2, Tatura, 1990 typed
... and Internment Camps WW2, Tatura Clear plastic blue back folder. POW ...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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Documents, program German War Cemetery Memorial Service, November 1991 photocopied
Copy of program German War Cemetery Memorial Service. Used at the German War Cemetery for a Memorial Service on the 17 November.Red back clear plastic foldergerman war cemetery, memorial service, tatura victoria -
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Document, Schiller Friedrich Von 1759 - 1805, Theatre program. Deutiches Theater Tatura, 1991 photocopy (original 1942)
Theatre program. Deutiches Theater Tatura. Wilhelm Tell left hand page above Wahrend Der Pause Erwartet Sie Vor Kaffee and Kuchen im theater foyer. The test is likewise in German. Camp 3 theatre group. One of the progammes and/or plays presented by the Camp 3 theatre group to Tatura Museum.Theatre program in clear plastic front cover with blue margin left hand side and back.Camp 3 Theatre program "Wilhelm Tell" Palastine Temple Society Interneesdeutiches theatre, william tell, internment camps, internment camp theatre groups, theatrical plays -
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Document, Camp 4, Rushworth, 1993
Documents from Camp 4, Rushworth. Japanese internees and garrison. Major Jim Sullivan, befriended many Japanese children in the camp. They kept in touch after the war and he organised a reunion back to Australia in 1993. Grey green cardboard folder, containing lists of internees, sketches of Jim Sullivan. Letters from former Japanese internees and their families.major jim sullivan, internment camps, camp 4, rushworth victoria, japanese internees -
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Document, POW escapes from Camp 13 Murchison, 1991
Documents and newspaper articles concerning POW escapes from Camp 13 Murchison. Gustav Polig compiled this collection of articles of numerous escapes from camps around Tatura. Heinrich Pexa, Rudi Pruckner and Kurt Freidrick and Italian prisoner Joe Pagliari, all captured. Also the murder of POW Karatchali. Also included is a copy of Intelligence report no 94, for the period of 10 June 19944 - 17 June 1944. Notification from the Apostolic Delegation to POW Cpl Paul Fuchs, informing him of the accidental death of his father.Blue backed clear plastic folder. camp 13, murchison victoria, gustav polic, heinrich pexa, rudi pruckner, kurt freidrick, joe pagliari, karatchali, italian pow, internment camps, camp escapes, paul fuchs, intelligence report -
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Document, Account of shooting POW at Murchison, 1991 photocopied
Account of shooting POW at Murchison 21 September 1942. Added details of casualties, colonial inquiries, tunneling.Folder with clear plastic front and red back.pow, murchison victoria, pow shooting, internment camps -
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Document, Ern Whitmore, Loveday Internment Group Barmera SA, 28 February 1946
A concise and interesting story of the Loveday internment group Barmera SA with first hand knowledge and donated to the Museum by its author Ern Whitmore, born 1899. The forward by Lt. E. T Dean DSO VD is particularly worthy of note.A 32 page manuscript each enclosed in an individual clear plastic envelope. The top half of the front page "internment in South Australia" which is superimposed on an indistinct plan of probably be an internment camp. The lower half has a sentry with rifle in a sentry box overlooking a camp at night. On the bottom right hand corner a self adhesive sticker for the inscription on it and that inserted over the 3 cm red flap extension of the back plastic page.Internment in South Australia on the self adhesive sticker hand written "History of Loveday POW and Internment Camps" by Ern Whitmore and on the border the same as in inverted commas plus Bert Whitmore recollections.internment camps, loveday internment camp, barmera south australia, ern whitmore, lt e t dean -
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Documents, The Raider Kormoran, 1990
Books written after the war concerning the Raider Kormoran and HMAS Sydney's battle in the Indian Ocean with the loss of the Sydney and her crew.Green Back clear plastic folder. Photocopied pages from the book entitled The Raider Kormoran by Theodor Detmers and the Secret Raiders by David Woodward.The Raider Kormoran kormoran, hmas sydney, theodor detmers, david woodward, secret raiders, the raider kormoran -
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Document, Ministry for the Army, Internees Remaining in Australia If They So Desire, 28 June 1946
Interesting document presented to the Museum by former internee and assistant (later) Shire of Rodney Executive by Stefan Asboth.Clear plastic cover with red margin and red back cover. White printing on back back ground. Inscription top right hand corner.Re Internees Remaining in Australia If They So Desire. Presented to the museum by Stefan Asboth.stefan asboth, internees, tatura camps -
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Book - Technical, The Home Guard in the Field, 1940
Soft blue coloured covered booklet with black printing. Black and white illustrations. Book lists it prices on back. Price 1/3 on front cover. 49 pages.home guard -
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Book - Childrens, Grimms, M'A"RCHEN, 1940's
Children's book brought from Jaffa, Palestine in 1941 by the Drescher family, internees in Camp 3.Hard cover story book with coloured illustrations of girl drawing back curtain disclosing wolf in bed. Grey cloth spine.drescher, grimms, internees camp 3, children's books -
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Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
Copy of original black and white photograph of platoons being marched back to camp.Copy of black and white photograph. Five groups of prisoners/working parties, returning to camp.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps -
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Document, Money of the Internment Camp, 1989
Unknown, but a most of interesting and well illustrated publication.plastic folder, clear cover, red flat and continues to the back cover. Top of the front page 6 coins on rock and "Money of the Internment Camp" Notes designed at Hay Camp and internment camp cantee coins - articles by David Allen.as above.internment camps, internment camp currency, david allen -
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Document, Material from Australian Archives, United Kingdom Internees, 30 August 1991
Made available by the Australian Archives courtesy E. Carey.Blue back clear plastic fold containing list of United Kingdom Internees held in camp 2 Tatura from 15 December 1942.united kingdom internees, camp 2 united kingdom internees -
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Document, Lessing Gotthold Ephram 1729-1781, Minna Von Barnhelm or in English A Soldiers Luck, 1990
Used for the internees entertainment. Translated by G. Gohl and donated by him to the Tatura History Society. To be retained by Tatura History SocietyClear plastic front cover with a black border left hand side 3 cm wide with the inscription as indicated below. The back cover is black. The front right hand page has Minna Von Barnhelm or in English A Soldiers Luck first performed in 1767 Hamburg.Camp 3 Tatura Translation from the German test to English by Gerhard Gohl 1990theatre plays, internee entertainment, internee theatre productions, minna von barnhelm, lessing gotthold ephram, gerhold gohl -
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Document, Schoenzeler Matthias, Internment Camp, 1944
Used in the camps for entertainmentProgram and cast of play. A light hearted and romantic comedy. Opening night 17 February 1945. Enclosed in a clear plastic display folder with a black back.Camp 3 Theatre Program Notestheatre plays, internee entertainment, internee theatre productions, geoff gohl -
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Book, John Nicholson et al, Australia Locked Up, 2006
The story of Australia's prisons from the first fleet to todayGrey, blue, white and black hard cover. Red spine. Red and white printing in an arch like frame on front cover. White printing on spine. Rope noose printed on the back cover and brief outline of contents on the back.Australia Locked Upaustralian prisons -
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DVD, The Loveday Internment Camp 1940-1946
Used to inform tourists at an information centre in South Australia.DVD with case. The case back includes printed description of the content of the DVD.loveday internment camps, tourist information -
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Folder, Overseas Internees, 1990
Account of internees received in Australia of the Dunera Boys, 10 July 1940. England to Australia 27 August 1940 and from Middle East. Ex Foreign Legion, from Singapore.Probably copied from Archives in Canberra.Blue back plastic covered folder.dunera boys, internees in australia, singapore group -
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Folder, German Poem, 1991
Poems written by internee at Camp 3, Palestine group.Clear plastic black back folder containing 20 verse poems, written in Germancamp 3, palestine group, internee poems, annie lorenz -
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Folder, Heinrih Walter Fuchs
Heinrich Walter Fuchs, MD, born 18 June 1886, Breslan Silesia, studied medicine in Breslan. Served as a doctor during WW1, interned from 1941-1945 after being captured in Turkey. Wife Elizabeth Fuchs.Red back clear front plastic folder containing information on Heinrich Walter Fuchs, MD.heinrich walter fuchs, camp 2 doctors, anne marie wright, elizabeth fuchs -
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Folder, Camp 13 Murchison. Archival material, 1991
A large collection of events in regard to Camp 13. Documents include the names of 983 German POW's in Murchison August 1941 - January 1947. An interesting collection confiscated intelligence report. No 94 included 26 gall of wine, 9 drums of fruit in an advances state of fermentation, flex copper wire, clothing, petrol motor and miscellaneous cameras and wireless parts. A letter by the German Naval Commander to all families of the Kormoran crew. History of German POW's in WW2 by H. Wolf. Both in German. Map 13 B. the 21 September 1942 disturbance in D compound; report in German Sydney-Kormoran; weekly rations; dimensions of a tunnel 15 June 1942. Drawings by Heinz Dohmen - Arandora Star; royal Oak both sunk by u boat ace Gunther Prien, Collins gunner Kloppe; Kormoran at the memorial service for HMAS Sydney; Red Cross reports in German as are letters; Rudi Pruckners escape; the general conditions and the recently found tunnel.Foolscap size folder with pillar box red 3 cm wide flap which extends to the back. On the front red flap is the inscription below. Prominent centre left is Australia with gum trees and sentry box and anti clockwise POW 1941-194. A kangaroo and emu on the top right hand corner. Prison of war and beneath Murchison - Australian.Camp 13 Murchison. Archival material.gustav pohlig, camp 13, murchison victoria, hmas sydney, hsk kormoran, heinze dohman, rudi pruckner