Connor, Alexander Murray (Corporal, b.1919) Accession Number: PR86/345

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Papers of Corporal Alexander Connor documenting his service with the 2/15 Battalion during the Second World War. Connor was captured in 1941 and interned as a prisoner of war in Camp 57, Italy. Items in the collection include a paybook describing his internment by the Germans and a notebook with lists of prisoners who died in Camp 57; a photograph of Connor stamped at Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsberg Austria, a narrative describing his return to Australia in 1945; and a book won as a raffle prize with the cover made from an Italian issue army shirt. See also PR86/103.

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Accession Number
PR86/345
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Papers
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1940-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM315 701/021/012
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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