ITALIAN PRISONERS ON THEIR WAY HOME
■■ Received Tuesday, 9.25 p.m. CANBEERA, Sept. 24. Weighed down with kitbags, bursting suiteases and rolls of blankets, 284 Italian prisoners of war struggled up the gangway of the liner Cliitral today and later vvaved Sydney an exeited farewell. They are bound for Naples. The men, who were dressed in maroon prisoner of war unifonns, were all eaptnred in tlie Middle East and had been in Australia six years. When tlie ship clears Fremantle slie will cariy nearlv 30QO Italiaus in all. Au Army spokesman in Melbourne 33-id today that 135 Italian and (ive German prisoners of war and five German internees, were at large in Australia.
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 September 1946, Page 5
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