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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
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Section 1: British Army. Section 2: Australian Army. Section 3: Canadian Army. Section...
Catalogue reference: WO 392/21
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This record is about the Section 1: British Army. Section 2: Australian Army. Section 3: Canadian Army. Section... dating from 1943 Aug in the series War Office: Directorate of Prisoners of War: Prisoners of War Lists, Second World.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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WO 392/21
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1943 Aug
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Section 1: British Army. Section 2: Australian Army. Section 3: Canadian Army. Section 4: New Zealand Army. Section 5: South African Army. Section 6: Indian Army. Section 7: Naval Forces and Merchant Seamen. Section 8: Air Forces.
This document is a compilation of lists of members of the Allied Forces who were reported by Italian or Red Cross sources as being prisoners in Italian hands, minus those known officially to have died in Italian hands. The document includes men listed who died as a POW at sea in 1942, and also some listed as being in Libyan camps or buried in Greece. Camp locations are given where men were last known to be, in most cases
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For Section 9, see:
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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