Nava, Luigi - Handmade POW newsletter in Italian; annotated

Subject	World War, 1939-1945--Sources
	Prisoners of war--Australia
	Internment camps
	War stories
	Italian newspapers
	Italian language--Written Italian
Category	4. World War II
Author	Nava, Luigi
Creator	Commonwealth Investigation Service, Central Office
Current Holder	National Archives of Australia
Period Of Reference	1941/1944
Series Number	A7919, C101298
Item Number	30715400
Access Rights	Open access
Country Of Origin	Australia
Place	Myrtleford
Place	Mount Gambier
Language	Italian
Description From Source	Full title: Nava, Luigi (Army) PWI 47287 - Born: Not known - Captured: 22 January 1941, Tobruk Libya - Previously interned: Not known - Arrived Australia: Not known - Interned: Myrtleford, No 5 Camp - Departed: ORMONDE, 26 December 1946, for Italy - L'eco del campo' Number 14 Australia, 19 November 19[--?] [Handmade POW newsletter in Italian; annotated] NAVA - found in luggage when transferring to PWCC V 20 Mildura 1944. This POW camp newsletter entitled 'L'eco del campo' was found as an estray and is annotated with the information - It is believed that this prisoner was in number S.5 farm labour camp. S.5 stands for the Prisoner of War Control Centre in Mount Gambier in the south east of South Australia. The camps were No 14a (Italian prisoners), 14b (Japanese) 14c (Japanese), 14d (German and Italian), 9 (Italian) and 10 (Italian) were all part of Loveday Camp at Barmera in South Australia.
Physical Format	Newspapers

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