FAULTY CONCRETE
IN PRISON CAMP CELLS ENABLES GERMANS TO ESCAPE IN AUSTRALIA. STATEMENT BY ARMY MINISTER. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.10 p.m.) CANBERRA, This Day. Four German prisoners of war who escaped recently from a camp in Victoria broke out of concrete detention cells situated outside the perimeter fence of the camp, after they had discovered faults in the concrete. This was revealed by the Army Minister, Mr F. M. Forde, who added that all the escapees had been recaptured. A fifth prisoner in the cells was caught in the act of escaping. After finding faults in the concrete, the Germans made a hole large enough for them to get out of the building. The cells had been constructed by private contract. Mr Forde said important action in guarding prisoners was being taken, but the details could not be published. Since the arrival of prisoners of war in Australia, twelve Germans have escaped and ten have been recaptured. Nine Italians have escaped and eight have been recaptured. In light of experience in other countries at war, the n timber of escapes of prisoners in Australia is extremely small.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 August 1942, Page 4
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190FAULTY CONCRETE Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 August 1942, Page 4
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