Hi everyone, I have had lots of requests so I thought I'd better make myself some time and post this list. This is the list of people brought before the Royal Commission of Enquiry in to Alien Enemies working in the Kalgoorlie - Boulder Goldfields area of Western Australia, Australia during World War One. There were 138 men brought before the Commission, 38 were interned in a Prisoner of War Camp in New South Wales. This was in October 1916 and most of the men were deported 1918-1919. It is interesting that a lot of the men waited in the POW camps a long time after the war ended. In this instance they were all from the Dalmatian Region of the Austrian-Hungary Empire. There were also mass internments of Germans, Bulgarians, Japanese and Italians across the country. Making a really long story as short and comprehensive as possible, the Commission was called as a last resort, solution to over a year of conflict in the mines. There were many strikes with members of the Miner's Union refusing to work unless certain "enemy aliens" were dismissed. Mine Managers refused as it would cause a labour shortage with so many men away at war, and disruptions would of course reduce the amount of gold being produced which was the States mainstay to fund the war effort. Hostilities between previously friendly neighbours was all a product of propaganda and government authorised hype, because everything was normal at home, they had to justify their huge war effort and in doing this they created the idea of the "enemy at home", scaring everyone into believing all foriegners would band together and launch a campaign against them from within their own boarders!! So after a stalemate between the Miners Union and the Mine Managers, the government didn't the only thing they could. Since the Mine Managers refused to dismiss anyone without proof they were an enemy, the Commission was called to inquire into those accussed. I hope that is comprehensive. There is so much information I find it hard to sumarise it. I want to tell you everything but that would become boring. Maybe another installment later. So with the following list, I hope to make contact with some others researching these families who would be hopefully generous enough to assist me in compiling a profile for each man. Found in terms of Commission to be Alien Enemies and Interned at Holdsworthy Barracks, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. BAKOTICH IVAN BERCIC JAMES BOSNICH MICK BOSNICH FRANK BOZIN IVAN BOZIN LOUIS BRAVCIC RADIC CEPO JOE CVITANOVICH JOSEF DAGELISH STEVE DRPICH PETER DRPICH JURE IVANISEVICH STEVE IVULICH IVAN KURALICH PETER MARINKOVICH ANTONY MARTINOVICH IVAN MULJAT MICK PUDUJE MICK RADISICH ANTONY RADULJ JOSE RAKICH IVAN SATICH JOHN SKENDER MARK SOKOLICH EDWARD STANKOVICH MARKO TEVRDEICH MARK TOLJ STEVE YUREVICH TONY ZILKO ROKO ZILKO IVAN ZILKO JOSEPH Passed For Employment, were given a ticket and allowed to commence work immeadiately. AJDUK MARKO ALFIROVICH JOSEF ALRICH NIKOLAS BABICH MATE BARBARICH J BARTULAVICH M BASURA MATE BORICH FRANK BOROVAC PETER BOTICA IVAN BOTICA PETAR BOTICA MATE BOTICA IVAN BOVONAC DANE BRALICH MARCO BRBARICH IVAN BULJAN JOSEF CEPO TONY CHURACK JOHN CLARICH VINCENT DRESSA MATTI DRUSKOVIC JOSEF DUNAT NIKOLAS DUSOVICH TOM ERCEG MICHAEL ERCEG JACK FRANICH FRED GLAMUZINA JOSEF GLUCINA MILAN GRGUSICH GEORGE GROSS ANTHONY ILLICH ANTONIO ILLICH IVAN ILLICH IVAN ILLIG FRITZ IVANKOVICH JERRY IVANKOVICH VIDO JAKSICH MATE JAKSICH KRIST JELCICH LUKA JUKICH ANTE JURLYEVICH IVAN KARGOTICH JACK KATNICH ROKO KERIGIN KOZMO KESICH JOSEF KESICH IVAN KLINAC ANTE KOSOVICH NICKOLA KOSOVICH IVAN KOSOVICH MATE KOVACIC IVAN KRALJEVICH TONY KRESKOVIC STJEPEN KUKRIKI VIDO KUKURA PAUL KULGIS JAKOV KURISICH STEVE KUSEVICH GEORGE LAURICH FRANK LEVIS MARKO LUCATELICH TONY MAICH J MAICH ANTE MATICH VINCENZO MATICH JOHN MATULICH ANTHONY MOCHAM DAVID PARENTIC MARTIN PASALIC JURE PERON JOE PINCETICH MICK PIVAC MARIN PIVAC PETAR POKLEPOVIC LUKA RADICH JACK RAVELIC JOSEF RIDOMILYICH ANTE SAIN IVAN SALA MICHAEL SANTICH NICHOLAS SCIROVICH JAMES SIMUNOVICH IVAN SIMUNOVICH GRERI SORIC SIMUN SORICH MATE SPRIJAN MICK SPRLIJAN FRANK STANKO LETICA SUVALJKO IVAN TOLJ GEORGE TOMICH MATHIEU TOMICH JOHN TRABOLDT CHARLES TURICH ANTE UNKOVICH NIKOLA VIDAKOVICH IVAN VLADIC YERKO YILKO PETER YUKICH PETER YURISICH SIMUN YURISICH IVAN YURISICH IVAN And that's it. Hopefully you've found it interesting enough to read this far. Looking forward to hearing any comments soon. Take care Kind Regards Renee Glasson Perth, Australia Researching Surnames: BOZIN, BURAZEN - Croatia _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com