Memoir, Hermine Wedel, Memories of Tatura

Title	Memoir, Hermine Wedel, Memories of Tatura
Subject	World War, 1939-1945--Sources Prisoners of war Internment camps--Australia War stories Papua New Guinea Personal narratives German language--Writing
Category	4. World War II 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author	Wedel, Hermine
Current holder	Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Date	July 1, 2014
Link	https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/543f47b02162f103f05a3202
Item number	C0974
Access rights	Digitised
Country of origin	Australia Papua New Guinea Germany
Place	Tatura New Guinea
Language	German English
Description from source	13 page document, A4 paper. 7 pages of English translation, 6 pages German original. An account of the author's family background & early life, more particularly those events leading to their internment in Tatura, Victoria, Australia during World War 2. The author's parents (author Hermine Wedel, nee Strauss) were of German nationality & practicing as missionaries in New Guinea. Upon the outbreak of WW2, those German nationals were ordered to the coast by the Australian authorities and the men were transported to internment camps in Australia. The women remained behind, reporting regularly to the authorities, until they too were brought to camps in Australia at the end of 1941. They were eventually reunited in a family camp for internees, Camp 3 at Tatura, in 1943. They were released from the camp to work in Australia in 1947 and the family returned to New Guinea in 1949, and eventually went back to Germany. The author also briefly recounts her marriage & married life in Brazil & Germany.
Physical format	Manuscripts