DETENTION CAMPS
CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA ALLEGATIONS AGAINST GUARDS (Rec. 8 p.m.) CANBERRA. Mar. 23. Brutality in army detention camps would not be tolerated, said the Australian Prime Minister, Mr J. Curtin, to a caucus meeting of Labour members of Parliament. It is stated that Mr Curtin gave this assurance after discussion of reports that men had been brutally treated by the staff at some camps. . The Speaker, Mr J. S. Rosevear, said cases of sadism had been reported to members by men who had inquired into detention camp conditions. Caucus members said some guards had compelled men undergoing punishment to carry packs heavily laden with stones for long periods.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25802, 24 March 1945, Page 7
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109DETENTION CAMPS Otago Daily Times, Issue 25802, 24 March 1945, Page 7
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