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The Prisoners-of-war were interned in India in 29 camps forming 6 Groups of camps. In addition, there were two Civil Internment Camps at Dehradun and Deoli and one camp in Delhi for the Japanese prisoners captured in Burma. At least one  Some 18,400 Italian POW is known prisoners of war (out of 50,000 requested by the Australian Government, to have been transferred be employed as farm labourers) were transported from India to POW camps Australia from 1943. Some of the [Italian?] POWs in India were shipped to South Africa to help build the railway there.<ref>[http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/08/19/italian-pows-helped-grow-australia Italian POWs helped grow Australia] 26 August 2013 SBS News [Special Broadcasting Service] Television and Radio, Australia, quoting Gianfranco Cresciani, author of ''The Italians in Australia.''</ref><ref>Francesco Barbera was an Italian POW captured in North Africa in 1941, who spent a few years In India. He was sent to Australia in 1943 where he spent time in POW camps in Liverpool, Cowra, Tumut and St Ives, now a suburb of Sydney. Article in [http://newslocal.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=HJLFMSXUDVY5&preview=magnifier&linkid=72862f0e-f12b-4af6-966c-fce95321c288&pdaffid=flTgD0N%2bsncNlRju4zoiMw%3d%3d ''North Shore Times'' 25 April 2014, page 11]</ref>