Stalag 383 (Prisoner-of-war camp) : Printed material relating to ANZAC Day 1944

Folder comprises an ANZAC Day souvenir programme and a copy of `Time' (a monthly newspaper for prisoners-of-war in Stalag 383); number three, May, 1944.

ANZAC souvenir programme with a cover design by A E Darling, contains a list of the Anzac Day Committee at Stalag 383, a notice of the dawn service to be conducted by Cpl (Padre) Terence Oakley, a list of members of the Stalag Military Band, a programme for the sports day with space for results (contestants were Australasian and British), a list of the sports officials, and programme for "Anzacs on parade", produced by J B Macpherson (NZEF) and N G Whitehead (AIF), and a nominal roll of the Anzac veterans in the camp in 1944. The last few pages contain some details of the same event from the previous year 1943, including sports results.

This edition of `Time' covers six pages and was published for the prisoners-of-war in Stalag 383. Comprises articles related to ANZAC Day celebrations in April 1944; also monthly reviews, letters to editor and cartoons.

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German prisoner-of-war camp, World War Two. In Hohenfels, Bavaria, Germany.

Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: Printed material

Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Dunbar Sloan Auction House, Auckland, Sep 2011