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Australia's Unknown Prisoner and Finns released in Australia – Newspaper articles

SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945–Sources
Prisoners of war
Internment camps–Australia
Red Cross and Red Crescent
Melbourne (Vic.)
Category4. World War II
Current HolderTatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Period Of Reference 1945/1945
Item NumberC0586
Access RightsRequest at location
Country Of OriginAustralia
PlaceGraytown
Language Finnish
Swedish
Description From SourcePhotocopy of 2 newspaper articles Australiens okända fångar (Australia’s Unknown Prisoners) and Australiassa vapautettuja suomalaisia (Finns released in Australia). First article written in Swedish about 3 Finnish prisoners of war interned at Graytown Camp, Viktor Aaltonen, Olle Hellsten and Walter Soderholm (Söderholm). Details their time chopping down eucalyptus trees to keep Melbourne supplied with firewood, while hunting rabbits in their spare time. Second Article is a list of names from the Finnish Red Cross of Finnish Internees released from Australian Camps.
Physical FormatNewspapers
Related Resources https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2876/
Bibliographic Citationhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/NEP7X3ED/i
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