Document, Record of Life in Camp 1A and 1 B, 1944

Historical information

Life in an internment camp

Physical description

a 35 page record in a plastic folder, clear plastic front and 3 cm black margin left hand side extending to the back cover. Some of the content headlines or places are Orange, Tatura, Long Bay, Melbourne, South Australia. A map and 19 towns of WA, Northern Territory, New Guinea. Reg No is the translation as is the "Tatura Song" written by H. Sturzenhofecker to the melody good cheer comrades, on the horse and Mr Otto Herbst being awarded a certificate commanding of yachts.

Inscriptions & markings

Written in German "Verzeuhnis Alter Internieiten De Sannellagers Tatura (1A and B) Von 5 Juni - 15 December 1940

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