| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR86/345 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 9 ITEMS |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Connor, Alexander Murray |
| Place made | Austria |
| Date made | 1940-1945 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 701/021/012 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Connor, Alexander Murray (Corporal, b.1919)
Description
Papers of Corporal Alexander Connor documenting his service with the 2/15 Battalion during the Second World War. Connor was captured in 1941 and interned as a prisoner of war in Camp 57, Italy. Items in the collection include a paybook describing his internment by the Germans and a notebook with lists of prisoners who died in Camp 57; a photograph of Connor stamped at Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsberg Austria, a narrative describing his return to Australia in 1945; and a book won as a raffle prize with the cover made from an Italian issue army shirt. See also PR86/103.