Summary
Cardboard Radius used by Herbert Kahn. Herbert was living and working in Singapore with his parents when he was detained as an enemy alien and transported to Australia for internment at Tatura. He was released from Tatura in 1942 at the age of 33. He married fellow Austrian Jew Marion Edith and worked as a fitter, draughtsman and electrical engineer.
Physical Description
Cardboard radius in a 'D' shape with ends of handle extending out past joining of semi circular section on each side, text in black ink.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Marjorie Morgan, 01 Dec 1992
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User
Herbert C. Kann, circa 1930s
Probably used in Austria and Singapore -
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Inscriptions
On Radius in black ink: 'KANN / R.G. XIV. VI. B. WIEN'
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Exhibition Collection Management
205 mm (Width), 150 mm (Height)
opened
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Keywords
Displaced Persons, Drafting, Refugees, Trades, Wars & Conflicts, World War II, 1939-1945
