Post; POW Camps

Warwick · January 31st, 2005

The Italian POW's in Australia had an extraodinary amount of freedom.
They worked on local farms and towns, many left camp in the morning and returned of an evening for roll call. Many were alowed to live on the farms where they worked.
Generally they were pretty amiable and happy to be out of the war.
On the other hand the Japanese POWs at Cowra in NSW were cruel to their own comrades and then there was that mass breakout. The biggest mass escape of WWII.
My Grandfather was one of the civilians that helped to capture some of them. Those that didn't commit suicide etc.

January 31st, 2005
Warwick Centurion	Post; POW Camps The Italian POW's in Australia had an extraodinary amount of freedom. They worked on local farms and towns, many left camp in the morning and returned of an evening for roll call. Many were alowed to live on the farms where they worked. Generally they were pretty amiable and happy to be out of the war. On the other hand the Japanese POWs at Cowra in NSW were cruel to their own comrades and then there was that mass breakout. The biggest mass escape of WWII. My Grandfather was one of the civilians that helped to capture some of them. Those that didn't commit suicide etc.