Tatura, in Victoria's Goulburn Valley, housed one of Australia's largest and most administratively complex internment operations during the Second World War — at various points holding German, Italian, and Japanese civilians, as well as prisoners of war and, controversially, Jewish refugees who had arrived from Britain aboard the HMT Dunera in 1940. Camp canteen scrip like this note was a practical solution to a recurring problem: preventing internees from accumulating Commonwealth currency that could facilitate escape or external transactions. The 3 M.D. (Military District) designation ties it specifically to the Victorian command structure.
Renwick Pride served as a canteen officer whose signature authenticated the scrip's legitimacy within the wire.
Tatura, in Victoria's Goulburn Valley, housed one of Australia's largest and most administratively complex internment operations during the Second World War — at various points holding German, Italian, and Japanese civilians, as well as prisoners of war and, controversially, Jewish refugees who had arrived from Britain aboard the HMT Dunera in 1940. Camp canteen scrip like this note was a practical solution to a recurring problem: preventing internees from accumulating Commonwealth currency that could facilitate escape or external transactions. The 3 M.D. (Military District) designation ties it specifically to the Victorian command structure.
Renwick Pride served as a canteen officer whose signature authenticated the scrip's legitimacy within the wire.