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Series
War Office: South East Asia Command British Army Aid Group, China: Microfiche Copies
Catalogue reference: WO 343
What's it about?
WO 343
This series consists of a microfilm copy of the records of the British Army Aid Group (BAAG), set up during the Second World War to organise escapes from prisoner of war camps in Hong Kong and famine relief and medical aid in China.
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WO 343
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: South East Asia Command British Army Aid Group, China: Microfiche Copies
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Date (When the record was created)
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1942-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a microfilm copy of the records of the British Army Aid Group (BAAG), set up during the Second World War to organise escapes from prisoner of war camps in Hong Kong and famine relief and medical aid in China.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 microform
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in microform only unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1989 Ministry of Defence
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The British Army Aid Group (BAAG) was organised by Lt Col (later Sir) Lindsay Ride. After his death in 1977, his widow donated the Group's files to the Australian War Memorial, who presented the Ministry of Defence with the microfiche copies that form the basis of this collection.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The British Army Aid Group (BAAG) was a military escape and evasion organisation in China from 1942 to 1945, working first from Kukong and after August 1943 from Kweilin. It set up a special operations and intelligence network to the prison camps of Hong Kong primarily to organise escape routes for PoWs. As part of MI9 it reported to the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), GHQ in New Delhi. It also organised famine relief and medical aid in China.
The Kweilin headquarters were evacuated before the Japanese advanced in 1944 and operations were then organised from Kunming. After the Japanese surrender BAAG moved to Hong Kong where it was disbanded on 31 December 1945.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14547/
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