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Paymaster Midshipman Joseph Oscar Cossette, Royal Canadian Navy, obtaining £5 by...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 3/1559
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This record is about the Paymaster Midshipman Joseph Oscar Cossette, Royal Canadian Navy, obtaining £5 by... dating from 1940 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers, Special.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 3/1559
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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Paymaster Midshipman Joseph Oscar Cossette, Royal Canadian Navy, obtaining £5 by means of a stolen cheque: extensive detailed report for Director of Public Prosecutions; Admiralty returned offender to Canada
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 236/UNC/1252
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- Public Record(s)
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- Closed For 80 years
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- Open Document, Open Description
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