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Balmoral POW Camp - WA

Balmoral POW Camp

Grease Trap

Foundations of POW camp buildings

Each area is sign to explain what building was here at the POW camp

Signage is suffering from the elements

The large clearing just behind the POW camp

Signage

This narrow track off Balmoral Rd leads into a large clearing

Toilet

Signboards at POW heritage site

POW camp ruins

Shield Tree 68 Balmoral trail

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -32.364838 116.165367

DMS: 32º 21' 53.42" S 116º 09' 55.32" E

UTM: 50 H 6418817mN 421477mE

Altitude: 268.28m

Address & Contact

Balmoral Rd
Jarrahdale WA 6124

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Information

The POW working camp was built in 1944 housing 220 Italian prisoners of war from the Northern African campaign of World War II. The prisoners worked in the forest cutting firewood and lived and worked at the camp. It closed in 1946 at which point prisoners were repatriated to Italy. There is a nice little walk trail through the camp and the different foundations are sign-posted so you can get an idea of how the camp would have functioned.

This is a toilet here, as well as a signboard with shelter.

Note the large jarrah tree with a shield marker (BV 68 9). These were used as reference system for foresters back in the early 1900's.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Karnet at 01/03:00pm WST

Distance from Balmoral POW Camp 11.94km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
26.1°C	20.3°C	24%	4.3°C	hPa	0.0mm	NE	24km/hr 13knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Karnet

Distance from Balmoral POW Camp 11.94km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	30.7	30.5	27.9	23.2	19.2	16.3	15.4	15.9	17.5	20.8	24.4	28.2
Mean Min. °C	15.3	15.7	14.1	11.7	9.1	7.3	6.2	6.2	7.2	9.0	11.4	13.5
Mean Rain mm	17.4	20.4	24.0	67.4	140.3	213.5	218.5	184.7	131.7	77.4	48.0	18.5