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Prisoners of war, Far East: Ballale Island (Shortland Group, off New Guinea); investigation...
Catalogue reference: WO 361/1764
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This record is about the Prisoners of war, Far East: Ballale Island (Shortland Group, off New Guinea); investigation... dating from 1945 Jan 01 - 1954 Dec 31 in the series War Office: Department of the Permanent Under Secretary of State: Casualties (L).... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1945 Jan 01 - 1954 Dec 31
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Prisoners of war, Far East: Ballale Island (Shortland Group, off New Guinea); investigation after 432 Royal Artillery bodies were found by Australian troops, linked with disappearance of Japanese ship transporting prisoners of war from New Britain, early March 1943; interrogation of the Japanese
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- SS/330/120/865 CAS (PW)
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