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Voucher - 3 Pence Hay Internment Camp; No.6 Camp Officers' Mess
| Issuer | Hay Internment Camp, No. 6 Camp Officers' Mess |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain tan paper voucher with all text applied by letterpress in black ink. The issuer inscription 'No. 6 Camp Officers' Mess' runs across the upper portion in bold block lettering, with the denomination '3d.' printed in a large, bold typeface occupying the centre of the note. The left edge bears a row of machine-cut perforations, consistent with issue from a counterfoil booklet. |
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| Obverse lettering | No. 6 Camp Officers' Mess 3d. |
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Hay Internment Camp in rural New South Wales held civilian internees during the Second World War — predominantly German and Italian nationals, as well as Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi Germany only to be interned by the British as "enemy aliens" and transported to Australia aboard the HMT Dunera in 1940. The Dunera boys, as they came to be known, included a remarkable number of academics, artists, and professionals. The officers' mess voucher system at No. 6 Camp was a closed internal scrip economy, keeping real currency out of internee hands entirely.
Tan paper, three pence face value — redeemable nowhere outside the wire.