Sunday History Photo
Submitted: Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 01:21
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Member - Doug T (NT)
This week it's Cowra in NSW, My Dad was at the Army base in Cowra before being transfered to the
Camp at Chermside , Qld
Below are Photo's of the Army Base , and the Cowra POW
camp.
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The Cowra Breakout
This site is listed as one of the Top
Heritage Sites in NSW. In 1944 over 1000 Japanese Prisoners of War (POW) staged a mass breakout that was the biggest in British and Australian War History. 231 Japanese POW and four Australians lost their lives during the breakout.
A walking trail goes through the
camp ruins and a scale model of the
camp is on display at the Cowra
Visitors Centre. Also at the
Visitor Information Centre is the P.O.W. theatre which is a nine minute presentation telling the story of the breakout from the perspective of a local resident
COWRA ARMY CAMP
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Reply By: MintabiePete (NSW) - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 09:25
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 09:25
Thanks for taking the time to post this Doug :)
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Reply By: Cape York Connections - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 09:37
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 09:37
Apparently they did a mini series on it.
Didnt watch it.
All the best
Eric
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:24
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:24
Eric
You missed a very good Australian Mini Series, but all is not lost.
GET IT HERE
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:31
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:31
Eric
This would be a good one too, check the other list in Australian Mini series.
Vietnam
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Follow Up By: On Patrol & TONI - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 21:05
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 21:05
G'day Eric & Doug
Ther was also a book written about it "Die like the carp"
Harry
Gordon, first published by Cassel Aust. October 1978
ISBN 0 7269 3243 4
Cheers Colin.
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Reply By: Willem - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:20
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:20
Doug
Was your Dad serving in the Army or an inmate at Cowra?
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 13:45
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 13:45
Willem
Your treading on thin ice..... lol
Mate ... he was in mate and armed I guess, I was still suckling,
Certificate of Discharge
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Reply By: Missan Jo - Toad Keeper (Bris) - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:41
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:41
Thanks Dougie...
Our loving History Teacher!
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Reply By: Member - DAZA (QLD) - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 13:29
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 13:29
Hi Doug
Great Photos again Mate,
When did your Dad leave Chermside?, was there my self for a while,
in 1967, would have changed with all the reconstruction.
Cheers
Daza
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 14:10
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 14:10
Daza
He was called up on 20/12/43, just over 6 months past when I was born, and was Discharged on 18/1/45 , I have no idea when he left Chermside , But he did say his group had left Cowra just 2 days before the Breakout, ..
I think the Base would have been in or near where that
Park is opposite Webster/Gympie Rd's , but just checking on Mapsource CN 7 I see there's a 7th Brigade Pk so I guess that's where it was,
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Reply By: Nomadic Navara - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 17:32
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 17:32
The
army camp photo looks like an early photo. The
camp was used after the war as a
camp for displaced persons from Europe (refo
camp.) The
camp was in full swing in the mid 50s when I was at high school in Cowra, the
camp had its own primary school but the high school kids joined us at the Cowra High.
PeterD
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