Nava, Luigi - Handmade POW newsletter in Italian; annotated

Item

Title
Nava, Luigi - Handmade POW newsletter in Italian; annotated
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Sources
Prisoners of war--Australia
Internment camps
War stories
Italian newspapers
Italian language--Written Italian
Category
4. World War II
Author
Nava, Luigi
Creator
Commonwealth Investigation Service, Central Office
Current holder
National Archives of Australia
Period of reference 
1941 – 1944
Series number
A7919, C101298
Item number
30715400
Access rights
Open access
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Myrtleford
Mount Gambier
Language 
Italian
Description from source
Full title: Nava, Luigi (Army) PWI 47287 - Born: Not known - Captured: 22 January 1941, Tobruk Libya - Previously interned: Not known - Arrived Australia: Not known - Interned: Myrtleford, No 5 Camp - Departed: ORMONDE, 26 December 1946, for Italy - L'eco del campo' Number 14 Australia, 19 November 19[--?] [Handmade POW newsletter in Italian; annotated] NAVA - found in luggage when transferring to PWCC V 20 Mildura 1944.

This POW camp newsletter entitled 'L'eco del campo' was found as an estray and is annotated with the information -
It is believed that this prisoner was in number S.5 farm labour camp. S.5 stands for the Prisoner of War Control Centre in Mount Gambier in the south east of South Australia. The camps were No 14a (Italian prisoners), 14b (Japanese) 14c (Japanese), 14d (German and Italian), 9 (Italian) and 10 (Italian) were all part of Loveday Camp at Barmera in South Australia.
Physical format
Newspapers
File
L'eco del campo' newsletter