The not so great escape.

[Mike K]

One sad incident was the shooting of a Italian POW. The repercussions reached to the highest levels.

https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-coll...-prisoners-war

More reading:

https://italianprisonersofwar.com/?pages-list



Back in the early 1980s the VMVC had a weekend trip up to visit the Murchison POW camp, the outing was organised by local VMVC member Tim V.

Tim researched the history and he had obtained permission for us to enter the abandoned site as the camp is on private land, he also photocopied historical documents that he kindly gave out to us. The large main camp had one building still standing plus the cooler where the bad boys were locked up, . We had with us period photos , and using the trees, we were able to find the exact spot the photographer had stood on. The monuments that were built by the POWs were still standing , unfortunately the Italian monument had been vandalised. We followed Tim along back roads to where a small satellite camp was built in a isolated bush location ,here, the buildings were still intact, the POW built chook pens were still there. I recall the roads being dirt, it's probably a very different place now all these years later.


https://www.birtwistlewiki.com.au/wi...hison_POW_Camp


A search for a grandfather

https://italianprisonersofwar.com/ta...r-of-war-camp/