Item FO 383/541 - Repatriation and transport of prisoners of war, including: Repatriation from: Straits Settlements, including the repatriation...

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FO 383/541

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Repatriation and transport of prisoners of war, including: Repatriation from: Straits Settlements, including the repatriation...

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  • 1919 (Creation)

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Repatriation and transport of prisoners of war, including: Repatriation from: Straits Settlements, including the repatriation of German prisoners Kilian and Bernatz. Australia and New Zealand to Plymouth via Rotterdam on the SS Willochra (over 900 German subjects). German South West Africa. South Africa. Katanga. Canada. Casualties amongst deportees on the SS Kursk , with a list of those dead and buried at sea during the journey from Australia to Rotterdam. Money left in trust for German prisoners repatriated on the SS Willochra , with a nominal schedule of the moneys in trust. Report of the Commission of Prisoners of War on the Commission and Sub-Commissions for the repatriation of prisoners under the treaties of peace. Repatriation of prisoners on the SS Willochra : list of prisoners for Germany and the UK interned or on parole. Credit balances of prisoners repatriated from South Africa. Release of German civilian prisoners. Repatriation from: Jamaica, with prisoners questionnaires. Australia. Canada. Incidence of expenditure in connection with the repatriation of enemy subjects. Post-war treatment of Germans in New Zealand: their release from internment and the prohibition of their return to Samoa. Transport of 404 enemy subjects from East Africa by the Chepstow Castle. Transport of enemy subjects from Australia on the SS Kursk. Cost of repatriation of German nationals from British and mandated territory. Case of Oscar Plate to be deported from Australia: correspondence with his British wife. Advances to German internees about to be repatriated. Incidence of expenditure on the repatriation of enemy subjects. Code 1250 File 321 (papers 5975-6850).

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The National Archives >> Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office >> Records of various First World War Departments >> Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from 1906

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