Diary and memorandum notebook kept by an internee on board the ship Dunera and afterwards. 1940-1941.

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Diary and memorandum notebook kept by an internee on board the ship Dunera and afterwards. 1940-1941.

Diary and memoranda notebook kept by an internee, Ludwig Eichbaum, on board the ship Dunera, on a voyage to Australia and afterwards in an internment camp in N.S.W. (Hut 28), 1940-1941. Comments on his first view of the countryside, native wildlife, quantity of the food. Also mentions working as a fruit picker and time spent in hospital. Memorandum includes letters to British High Commissioner in Canberra regarding the status of the Dunera internees and their treatment.

2 v. (2.0 cm.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7039475

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Dunera (Ship)

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Eichbaum, Ludwig

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