Loveday Camp 9
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Camp 9 (also known as Italian Internee Camp No. 9) was one of three main POW and internee camps, located at Loveday, in South Australia's Riverland, approximately 12 kilometres from Renmark. This camp could hold up to 1000 people, detaining Italian civilian internees, and later Italian prisoners of war. The camp began operations on 12 August, 1940 and the first Italian POW arrived at the camp on 11 June, 1941. The camp guard was provided by members of 25/33 Garrison Battalion, a militia unit of the Australian Army. Many internees were released from the camp in 1944.
External links
- Details of Loveday Camp 9
- Australian National Archives factsheet about Loveday POW & Internee Camp, South Australia
See also
- List of POW camps in Australia
- Loveday Camp 10
- Loveday Camp 14
- Loveday research project: Japanese civilians interned in Australia
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