Accession Number | P02793.011 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Date made | c 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Grupignano, Italy. c. 1941. The quarters for the staff and guards at the Italian Prisoner of War ...
Description
Grupignano, Italy. c. 1941. The quarters for the staff and guards at the Italian Prisoner of War Camp PG57 (Campo 57) in northern Italy. About 500 Australians captured in North Africa were held here. The camp, situated in a wide plain surrounded by mountains, was a large compound containing wooden huts about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide. The camp commandant was Colonel Calcaterra of the Italian Carabinieri. By October 1942 there were more than 1200 Australian and 1000 New Zealand prisoners of war (POWs) held in this camp. (Donor D. Frame)