| Accession Number | S02667 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 31 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; BASF Ferro Extra I 60; mono |
| Maker |
Hammond, Joan Lottie Plunkett, Leonie |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Murchison |
| Date made | 12 August 1999 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Joan Lottie Hammond as a resident of Murchison Victoria during the Second World War, interviewed by Leonie Plunkett
Description
Hammond speaks of living in Murchison while No 13 prisoner of war camp was operating there during the Second World War; the impact of the camp on the local community in wartime; her reaction to the camp, its prisoners and the garrison who guarded them; her community work in support of the war effort; her view of Murchison community's memory of Camp 13 now that 50 years have elapsed since its demolition in 1947; her family's continuing friendship with one of the camp's former inmates.
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.
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Joan Lottie Hammond as a resident of Murchison Victoria during the Second World War, interviewed by Leonie Plunkett