My father (George Haim) was a Dunera Boy and came back to England. He did not talk much about his experience but we have a few artefacts. He died in 1972. I am in contact with Tanya Tintner (nee Buchdahl) whose father stayed in Australia. Tanya is the third wife of Georg Tintner, my second cousin on my mother’s side.
Fred Parkinson was a friend of my late uncle (Haim side)) – is Fred still alive?
Are there lists of the Dunera Boys?
Regards
John Haim
(posted on behalf of Mr John Haim by Mike)
John
There is a list of those who came to Australia on the Dunera in 1940 in “The Dunera affair : a documentary resource book” edited by Paul R. Bartrop with Gabrielle Eisen (Melbourne: Jewish Museum of Australia/Schwartz and Wilkinson, 1990).
The National Archives of Australia holds the standard two records that Australian authorities kept on each internee. They can be viewed on-line via their website. They indicate your father was interned first in Camp 7 at Hay Hay, NSW & then at Tatura in Victoria. Both towns have small museums dedicated to the internment camps.
He returned to England on one of the first ships carrying Dunera internees back to England. According to another record I found he returned to England for release.
Hope one of your artefacts is the specially designed & printed Camp 7 bank notes – most of these fetch good sums at sales.
Carol
Hello Carol
Many thanks for this – I will let John know!
Bye for now
Mike
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