Austria-Hungary: Prisoners, including: Mr George A Gellert (or Gellart), interned...

FO 383/247

1917

Austria-Hungary: Prisoners, including:

Mr George A Gellert (or Gellart), interned at Drosendorf Camp in Lower Austria: enquiries about his claim to British nationality.

Repatriation of British and Austrian civilian prisoners, including:

• Acceptance by the British Government of proposals by the Austro-Hungarian Government, with certain modifications.
• Agreement on a reduction of the age limit for the repatriation of civilian prisoners.
• Advice from the Prisoners of War Department, the War Office and the Admiralty that the proposed agreement with the Austro-Hungarian Government should be rejected.
• Proposal by the Austro-Hungarian Government for a reciprocal guarantee that no released prisoners would undertake military service.
• Parliamentary question by Sir Henry Craik about progress on negotiations on the reciprocal release of prisoners.
• Further Correspondence respecting the Proposed Release of Civilians Interned in the British and German Empires, Miscellaneous No. 35 (1916): Cd. 8296.
• Parliamentary question by Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck on the number of British prisoners held in Austria and the likelihood of their release.
• Categories of prisoners to be considered for repatriation.
• Acceptance by the British Government of the Austro-Hungarian proposal.
• Consideration of the routes and means of transport to be used for repatriation of the prisoners.
• Parliamentary question by Mr Arnold Ward MP on progress regarding mutual repatriation of prisoners.
• Question of the repatriation of interned merchant seamen; proposed reciprocal agreement.
• Miss Winifred Rich: enquiry about the eligibility for repatriation of her father, Captain Thomas Rich of SS Corso, interned in Austria.
• Proposal for the repatriation of British prisoners via France and Switzerland, and for the repatriation of German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners via Holland from the port of Boston in Lincolnshire.
• Proposal for the transfer of invalid civilian prisoners to neutral countries.
• Enquiry regarding the repatriation of Nartto Nuzelich of SS Delmira; provision of information on Bartolo Nizetich (believed to be the same man).
• Agreement by the Government of the Netherlands for the internment of invalid Austro-Hungarian prisoners in the Netherlands.

M Yelitsch, an Austrian national interned at Belgaum Camp in India: claim in respect of property allegedly seized by the Government of the East African Protectorate (Kenya).

Rights of prisoners in South Africa to petition the Governor General: case of Rodger Vucenovic.

Arrest and imprisonment of certain Austrian nationals at Fernie, British Columbia, Canada.

Transmission of a petition from Austrian subjects interned at Douglas on the Isle of Man to the Austro-Hungarian Government.

Enquiry from Austro-Hungarian prisoners interned at Douglas on the Isle of Man about the possibility of undertaking farm work.

Enquiry by the Austro-Hungarian Government about the number of deaths at Camp IV at Knockaloe on the Isle of Man during the winter of 1915-1916; confirmation that there had been no deaths in Camp IV during that period.

Complaint by the Austro-Hungarian authorities about the hospital treatment of Austrian prisoners interned in Malta.

Internment of certain Austrian and German nationals in Georgetown Prison, British Guiana.

Complaint about rations from Austro-Hungarian prisoners at Oldcastle Camp, County Meath, Ireland.

Petition from Austrian and Hungarian civilians interned at Lofthousepark Camp, Wakefield.

Petition from Emil Zaitschek, interned at Wakefield.

Petition from Austro-Hungarian prisoners in Camp III, Knockaloe, Isle of Man.

Petition from Austro-Hungarian prisoners in Camp I, Knockaloe, Isle of Man, on the reduction of their ration allowance.

Memorandum on the treatment of Austrian officer prisoners interned at Donington Hall.

Request by the Swedish Legation to be allowed to purchase cigarettes and tobacco duty-free for distribution to destitute Austrians and Hungarians interned in the United Kingdom.

Request from the Romanian Foreign Minister for the removal of a number of Romanian prisoners from Knockaloe Camp to Feltham Camp near London, to work on a farm.

Request from the Austro-Hungarian Government for information on the exact number of Austrian and Hungarian subjects interned in the United Kingdom.

Peitition from the Committee of Interned Austro-Hungarian Civilians at Alexandra Palace; transmission of the petition to the Austro-Hungarian Government with a covering note.

Letter of complaint from the Austro-Hungarian Committee at Knockaloe Camp.

Petition from prisoners transferred from Alexandra Palace to Knockaloe Camp, allegedly because of their unwillingness to undertake work in aircraft assembly shops (names of the petitioners in docket no.187106).

Conditions at Knockaloe and Douglas internment camps on the Isle of Man, with a printed dietary sheet (Government Circular No.343).

Proposal for the transfer of responsibility for Austro-Hungarian prisoners in the State of Bombay from the Swedish Consul at Bombay to the Consul-General for the Netherlands at Calcutta.

Petition from Austro-Hungarians interned at Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa to the Right Honourable Louis Botha, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa; official reply by the Government of the Union of South Africa.

Report by the Swedish consul at Malta on his visit to the detention camp at Verdala Barracks, Malta.

Allegations of delays in the delivery of parcels and letters to Austro-Hungarian prisoners in the United Kingdom.

Summary of complaints from prisoners at Verdala Barracks, Malta, and remarks on the complaints by the Camp Commandant, Lieutenant Colonel E Male.

Code 1203 Files 1004-1450.

Files 1004-1450.

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