Murchison, Australia. 5 March 1945. 740 Italian prisoners of war (POWs) from C Compound, No. 13 ...

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Accession Number 030239/07
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Stewart, Ronald Leslie
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Murchison, Australia. 5 March 1945. 740 Italian prisoners of war (POWs) from C Compound, No. 13 POW Group are engaged daily in picking tomatoes on the properties in the Shepparton district. This photograph shows the men leaving the compound to embuss on trucks for transport to the tomato gardens. The party of twenty remain out all day, returning to the compound at night.