Camp 9 - Loveday Internment Camp, located near Barmera in the Riverland district of South Australia Camp 10 - Loveday Internment Camp, located near Barmera in the Riverland district of South Australia Camp 14 - Loveday Internment Camp, located near Barmera in the Riverland district of South Australia Katarapko Wood Camp - Loverday, located in the Riverland district of South Australia Moorook West Wood Camp - Loverday, located in the Riverland district of South Australia Woolenook Wood Camp - Loverday, located in the Riverland district of South Australia
About half way through this document is a report by Dr Haben (HSK Kormoran) outlining conditions for German prisoners of war in Australia, very interesting reading. http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/No. 143 HSK Kormoran.pdf
Not particularly, although I have a fairly avid interest in Australian history and our prison camps were part of that history. I found this stuff when reading up on the Sydney Kormoran battle, now that, I do find interesting.
Being a Brit i don't know anything of this battle, don't suppose you'd like to write a summary of the events so i could get up to date with what happened would you? Mike
There's actually a page on this forum dealing with the battle. HMAS Sydney Basically, Kormoran ( a German commerce raider) encountered HMAS Sydney (modified Leander class light cruiser) about 150 miles off the western Australian coastline. Sydney approached and demanded Kormoran ( then disguised as a Dutch ship) to identify itself. A fierce battle ensured, at very close range, resulting in Sydney being lost with all hands. About 80% of the German crew either made it to the coast or were picked up by ships from lifeboats. There's been a couple of investigations and the wrecks of both ships were found a few years ago in very deep water. There's been a number of conspiracy theories put forward over the years, from the very plausible, to the bizarre, there's also a number of things in the "official" story which just don't add up.
