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Woolenook Wood Camp was a World War II internment and prisoner of war camp in the Australian state of South Australia located Murtho along the River Murray, in the state's Riverland. It was officially part of the Loveday Camp complex, and housed Japanese internees and later, Japanese prisoners of war .
Greta Army Camp was an Australian Army camp built in 1939 near Greta, New South Wales, Australia. It was used for training soldiers of the Second Australian Imperial Force (2AIF) during World War II. After World War II, the camp was converted into a migrant camp. The Australian army sold the site at auction in 1980.
The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Australia
Pages in category "World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Australia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Camp 9 was one of three main prisoner of war and internee camps in South Australia (the others being Loveday Camp 10 and Loveday Camp 14). All were located at Loveday , in South Australia's Riverland , approximately 30 kilometres from Renmark , with Camp 9 approximately 8 kilometres from Barmera .
A POW camp was established during World War II in July 1943 [8] to house prisoners of war after an agreement was reached with the British to house of prisoners in Western Australia. The prisoners provided labour on farms and for cutting timber. The Marrinup camp was able to house up to 1,200 prisoners and commenced operations in August 1943.
Articles relating to military camps, semi-permanent military base, for the lodging of an army. Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or operations , and often have the form of large campsites .