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

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Title
Australia's Unknown Prisoner and Finns released in Australia - Newspaper articles
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Sources
Prisoners of war
Internment camps--Australia
Red Cross and Red Crescent
Melbourne (Vic.)
Newspapers
Category
4. World War II
Current holder
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Date
1945
Link
https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5ffbb2f64517b515b8a94e39
Item number
C0586
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Graytown
Language
Finnish
Swedish
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.
Physical format
Newspapers
Related resources
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2876/
Bibliographic citation
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/NEP7X3ED/i">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/NEP7X3ED/</a></p>