Document, Ern Whitmore, Loveday Internment Group Barmera SA, 28 February 1946

Historical information

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.

Physical description

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.

Inscriptions & markings

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.

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