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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Puppet, Judy, WW2
... murchison internment camp... camp puppet theatre murchison internment camp Unknown German ...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 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Work Party
... detail. Taken at Camp 13. Japanese internees Camp 13 Murchison ...Black and white photograph of Japanese men leaving the camp on a work detail. Taken at Camp 13.Black and white photograph stuck on coreflu depicting a group of Japanese men leaving the camp. Barracks and trees in background. The men are just coming through the sentry guard gate.japanese internees, camp 13 murchison, internment camp work detail -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Corporal John M McGlade
... Murchison internment camp.... McGlade J M Corporal McGlade Tatura internment camp Murchison ...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
Currency - Coin, Australian One Penny 1945, 1945
... murchison internment camp... display box. camp 13 penny coin australian currency murchison ...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
Photograph, Joyce Montgomery
... Murchison internment camp..., Murchison during WW2. Joyce Montgomery AWAS nurse Camp 13 Murchison ...Joyce Montgomery was an AWAS nurse assigned to Camp 13, Murchison during WW2. Black and white photograph of an Army nurse, in uniform, sitting on the edge of a cement pond with fountain. Ti tree fence and trees in the background.joyce montgomery, awas nurse, camp 13, murchison internment camp, army nurses -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Aerial camp 13, 1946
... 13 camp 13 Murchison camp Internment camp 13 ...Aeriel photo of Camp 13Black and white photograph. Aeriel view of Camp 13.camp 13, murchison camp, internment camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Literary work - Autobiography, John Malcolm WELLER, 1970
... Malcolm Weller Saddler Weller Camp 13 Murchison Graytown ...An excerpt from the autobiography written in the 1970's by John Malcolm WELLER. a guard in Camp 13 and Graytown in 1942-1945. Clear front, grey back and side plastic folder containing 8 sheets of an excerpt from the autobiography of John Malcolm WELLERon side: donors name and address; Record of "Saddler Weller army guard at Camp 13 and Graytown 1942-1945.john malcolm weller, saddler weller, camp 13 murchison, graytown internment camp, army guards internment camps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
... area. camp 13 murchison victoria pow internment camp Arthur ...Camp 13, concrete pit, rolled barbed wire, near site of Camp 13 administration area.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Concrete pit and tangled barbed wire.camp 13, murchison victoria, pow, internment camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Coin, Internment Camps Threepence Coin, 1940s
... dismantled and relocated. coin camp 13 Murchison Camp Internment ...Coin found at Camp 13 when huts were being dismantled and relocated.Copper Coin with hole in centre featuring motifs and the words "Internment Camps" on one side and "Three Pence", the currency value, on the other side.coin, camp 13, murchison camp, internment camps coin, internment camps currency -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, Internment Camps Threepence Coin, 1940s
... dismantled and relocated. coin camp 13 murchison camp internment ...Coin found at Camp 13 when huts were being dismantled and relocated.Copper Coin with hole in centre featuring motifs and the words "Internment Camps" on one side and "Three Pence", the currency value, on the other side.coin, camp 13, murchison camp, internment camps coin, internment camp currency -
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Book, Federmann, Alles Eine Linie, 1942
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
Decorative object - Letter Opener, 1940's
Made by POW's at camp 13.Ornate carved wooden letter opener. Hand turned.N0 13 POW Group Murchison Australiakevin clarke, wooden letter opener, internment camp woodwork -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Lieut Kenneth Frederick Young, Lieutenant Kenneth F. Young, 1992
A thirty page history of Bendigo's Private Kenneth Young subsequently promoted to Lieutenant. Captured and interned in Crete, wounded 1st May 1942, was threatened with amputation, nursed to health by the Sisters of Mercy in a German hospital. Repatriated 1943, granted the authority to wear one gold wound stripe, subsequently employed in AMF Australian Inf at Murchison POW between which a broken fibula and tibia. Finally a stint as Guard of POW, accidentally shot in the leg by a German sentry when lying in bed. A unique service record from the horror of Crete. The manuscript was compiled from material provided by Lieut Young's sister, Mrs Russell.Clear plastic folder with a photo of Lieutenant Kenneth Young AIF with a red border on the front page and red back cover.Lieut. Kenneth Young AIF on the margin. Lieut Kenneth F. Young enlisted Sept 39 AIF captured Crete 1941 Repatriated 1943 Garrison Guard Dhurringile POW lieutenant kenneth f. young, mrs russell, internment camps australia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Joyce Hammond, Walls of Wire, 1990
A social history of the humane internment and POW camps set up during W.W.2 at Tatura, Rushworth, and Murchison in Central Victoria. Tatura camp was one of the largest internment camps in Australia holding approximately 12,000 - 13,000 people of multicultures from almost every country in the world.Hard cover, with Asiatic children from Tatura camp 4 enjoying a picnic at Waranga Basin. Front photo surrounded with a sketch of wire. B\W photos and sketches.Dedication to the memory of the author's husband, Alan Hammond.prisoners of war and internment camps - victoria - history -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Kiessling Collection, 1939-1946
German National, Walter Kiessling snr. an employee of a German firm was interned in Camp 1, Tatura. His wife remained in Melbourne where there son Walter was born. The father was immediately taken to Melbourne under escort to see his wife and baby son. Subsequently his wife would travel to Murchison by train and ride her bicycle, with the baby in a basket, out to the camp to visit her husband. Later visits were with a friend in their DKW car. Young Walter was christened by a Lutheran Pastor in the camp, under the supervision of Major Schrader, the Garrison Commandant. The photos tell the story.The humane treatment given to enemy aliens by the Australian Army during World War 2.Black two ring folder containing photos and documents in plastic sleeves.C4529 Kiessling Collection.internment camp 1 tatura, -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
... - 1946. pow internment camp sewage treatment murchison, victoria ...Sewage treatment pond, camp 13, Murchison. German, Italian, Japanese POW's held here between 1941 - 1946. Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Sewage treatment plant.pow, internment camp, sewage treatment, murchison, victoria, camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
... internment camps murchison victoria memorial Arthur Knee ...Camp 13, Italian compound. Broken concrete slab near memorial to fallen comrades. Concrete border (decorative)Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Broken concrete slab, near concrete memorial to Italian Comrades, inscription.R.... I.... OSA.. OUR ..RE ...GEREcamp 13, italian pow, internment camps, murchison victoria, memorial -
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Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
... Tatura the-murray Photograph Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison ...Camp 13, German compound, concrete remains of kitchen complexCamp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Remains of concrete kitchen complex, large cactus mid distance, native bush backgroundcamp 13, pow, german pow, internment camps, murchison victoria, ruins -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
... . Camp 13 Murchison Victoria POW Ruins Internment Camp Arthur ...Camp 13 goal. Towards s-sw of whole area. Ruins.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Brick, timber, cement sheeting, wire fencing, ruins of POW goal.camp 13, murchison victoria, pow, ruins, internment camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
... Tatura the-murray Photograph Photograph Camp 13, Murchison ...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 -
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Photograph - copy, copy 1989
... Murchison Victoria Internment camps ...Early stage at Camp 13 B & W. lines of tents, behind barbed wire fence, numerous trees.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps -
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Photograph - copy, copy 1989
... foreground. Early stage of Camp 13. Camp 13 Murchison Victoria ...Early stage of Camp 13.B & W. Pre fabricated huts. Two in foreground under construction. Tents in right hand foreground.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps -
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Photograph - copy, copy 1989
... . Camp 13 Murchison Victoria Internment camps WW2 ...Early stage of Camp 13.B & W. Pre fabricated huts under construction. Trees in background.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, ww2 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
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
... shooting internment camps ...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 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
... of early stage of Camp 13. Camp 13 Internment Camps Interment Camp ...Copy of original black and white photograph of early stage of Camp 13.Copy of black and white photograph. Occupied barracks. Trestle table in middle of picture, fence in foreground.camp 13, internment camps, interment camp buildings, murchison victoria -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
... of Camp 13. Camp 13 Murchison Victoria Internment camps Internment ...Copy of original black and white photograph of early stage of Camp 13.Copy of black and white photograph. Occupied barracks. Clothes lines beside hut, fence in foreground, row of huts in background in front of trees and hills.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, internment camp buildings -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
... photograph early stage of Camp 13. camp 13 murchison victoria ...Copy of original black and white photograph early stage of Camp 13.Copy of black and white photograph. Race between compounds. Huts in right hand corner of picture and in background.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, internment camp buildings, rod thompson -
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Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
... of Camp 13. camp 13 murchison victoria internment camps internment ...Copy of original black and white photograph early stage of Camp 13.Copy of black and white photograph. Camp goal under construction. Two workers wearing peaked caps.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, internment camp buildings -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
... of Camp 13. camp 13 murchison victoria internment camps internment ...Copy of original black and white photograph early stage of Camp 13.Copy of black and white photograph. Interior of goal under construction. Workhorse in mid picture.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, internment camp buildings