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Section 9: Miscellaneous: POWs in Italy; Palestinians, Cypriots, Mauritians, East...
Catalogue reference: WO 392/22
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This record is about the Section 9: Miscellaneous: POWs in Italy; Palestinians, Cypriots, Mauritians, East... dating from 1943 Oct 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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- 1943 Oct
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Section 9: Miscellaneous: POWs in Italy; Palestinians, Cypriots, Mauritians, East Africans, Cyrenaica Defence Force and Seychelles
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