Murchison Prisoner of War Camp No. 13

Camp name: Murchison Prisoner of War Camp No. 13
Country: Australia
Short description: Murchison POW Camp is the primary POW facility located in Victoria during the Second World War. The camp was established in 1941 and held some 2,000 Italian, 1,300 German and 185 Japanese prisoners captured during the conflict.
Extended description: This camp was constructed as the Murchison Prisoner of War Camp (Camp 13), with four compounds, each able to hold 1,000 men each, and it opened in June 1941. Initially it housed Italian and German prisoners captured in North Africa, with some German sailors. It was staffed by the 23rd Australian Garrison Battalion, and in late 1941 the unit was renamed 13th Australian Prisoner of War Camp. By January 1942 all officers had been moved to other camps, and in late 1942 Japanese POWs began to arrive.

From late 1942 Italian prisoners were released to work in agricltural industries, supervised by small detached groups of guards outposted to areas where the POWs were working. In July 1944 the unit's name was changed to Murchison Prisoner of War Group with operations taking place until well after the end of the war. (https://www.birtwistlewiki.com.au/wiki/Murchison_POW_Camp)
Locality name: Murchison
City, town or suburb: Murchison, VIC
Operation start date: June 1941
Operation end date: 1947

Media: Murchison_POW_Camp_1.jpg; Murchison camp map; https://share.google/gYzrUr9logTEff3sa; Recommendation of the Executive Director and assessment of cultural heritage significance under Part 3, Division 3 of the Heritage Act 2017; Map comparison of Murchison PoW camp and Cowra Pow Camp

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Items with "Place created: Murchison Prisoner of War Camp No. 13"
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Bridge at the Murchison Camp No. 13	CreativeWork
Fountain	CreativeWork
Head of Christ	CreativeWork
Heart of Jesus	CreativeWork
Il Pedagogo	CreativeWork
La Tradotta del prigioniero	CreativeWork

Items with "Period of captivity: Murchison Prisoner of War Camp No. 13"
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Goduto, Alfredo	Captive

Items with "Camp or place held captive: Murchison Prisoner of War Camp No. 13"
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Murchison 12 Oct 1940/-/16 Dec 1946	Captivity
Murchison Prisoner of War Camp 13/27 Apr 1944	Captivity
Murchison Prisoner of War Camp 13/27 Apr 1944-10 Jan 1947	Captivity

Items with "Journey: Murchison Prisoner of War Camp No. 13"
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Longo, Vincenzo	Captive