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

Place
Graytown
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C0586
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Period of reference
1945
Description from source
Photocopy 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.
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Newspapers
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