| Place | Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Korumburra |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL35288.002 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Heraldry |
| Physical description | Paper |
| Maker |
Allaria, Adolfo |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Korumburra |
| Date made | 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Letter from Italian prisoner of war Adolfo Allaria presenting a model house to the Kurrle children
Description
Letter written on a sheet of prisoner of war lettergram, addressed on one side 'FOR LINETTE AND FRANK'. Written in ink on the reverse is the following message: 'For little Linette and for it Dear Frank. To offer it little house from me constructor. In order thea an keepsake to rimain ah their of Adolfo it P of W. With Affection DVmo A. Allaria. To pardon it error not speak English. 8.2.1944'. Also the remnants of another letter, with the same text, written in Italian, to 'alla piccola Lynette & al caro Frank'.
History / Summary
Letter written by Italian prisoner of war (POW) 7134 Aldolfo Allaria to accompany a model house he made for Lynette (born 1940) and Frank (born 1939) Kurrle, the son and daughter of Edith and Jack Kurrle of Korumburra, Victoria. Jack Kurrle owned and ran a 300 acre dairy and pig farm situated approximately three kilometres from Korumburra. The Kurrles took advantage of the availability of Italian POWs as farm day workers and used a number on their farm in the last 2 years of the Second World War. One such prisoner was Adolfo Allaria, a pastry cook in civilian life, who made this small elaborate model house from plaster and composition and presented it on 8 February 1944 to Lynette and Frank as a keepsake of his time with the family. See REL35288.001 for the house he made.