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25 December 2024
Myrtleford Camp 5: 1942—1946. PART 1

JULY 2022 marks the 80th anniversary of the arrival of Italian prisoners of war at Myrtleford Camp 5, Whorouly East – one of 20 locations in the six states of Australia during World War 2.

To establish Camp 5, the land was compulsorily acquired under the Commonwealth Lands Acquisition Act from Garrett J Roach and Enoch Phillips, on the southern side of what was then known as "Wangaratta Road" (th...

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