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Sorgenfrei [nee Tweedie], Kathleen Wavna

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Title
Sorgenfrei [nee Tweedie], Kathleen Wavna
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Australia
War stories, Australian
Police questioning
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German
Divorce
Correspondence
Category
4. World War II
Keywords
Enemy aliens
investigation
Creator
Security Service, New South Wales
Current holder
National Archives of Australia, Sydney
Period of reference
1940 – 1948
Date
July 23, 1940
Link
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4322975
Series number
C123, 5009
Item number
4322975
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Open
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Sydney
Narooma
Language
German
English
Description from source
Sorgenfrei [nee TWEEDIE], Kathleen Wavna (German) [Australian born - German by marriage. File contains German language correspondence] [Box 145]
Physical format
Correspondence
Typescripts
Certificates
Abstract
Secret Service file on Kathleen Wavna Sorgenfrei, (nee Tweedie), an enemy alien, even though she had never been outside of NSW. She was born in North Sydney and was living in Narooma (NSW). She was married to a German, Kurt (or Curt) Sorgenfrei. She claimed to be divorced, after her husband deserted her in 1935. The file contains investigative papers by several police departments and German divorce papers
Date accessed
April 17, 2023