Sorgenfrei [nee Tweedie], Kathleen Wavna

Title: Sorgenfrei [nee Tweedie], Kathleen Wavna
Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Australia; War stories, Australian; Police questioning; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German; Divorce; Correspondence
Category: 4. World War II
Keywords: Enemy aliens; investigation
Creator: Security Service, New South Wales
Current holder: National Archives of Australia, Sydney
Period of reference: 1940 – 1948
Date: July 23, 1940
Link: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4322975
Series number: C123, 5009
Item number: 4322975
Access rights: Digitised
Rights: Open
Country of origin: Australia
Place: Sydney; Narooma
Language: German; English
Description from source: Sorgenfrei [nee TWEEDIE], Kathleen Wavna (German) [Australian born - German by marriage. File contains German language correspondence] [Box 145]
Physical format: Correspondence; Typescripts; Certificates
Abstract: Secret Service file on Kathleen Wavna Sorgenfrei, (nee Tweedie), an enemy alien, even though she had never been outside of NSW. She was born in North Sydney and was living in Narooma (NSW). She was married to a German, Kurt (or Curt) Sorgenfrei. She claimed to be divorced, after her husband deserted her in 1935. The file contains investigative papers by several police departments and German divorce papers
Date accessed: April 17, 2023