Turkey: Prisoners, including: Payments to the family of Mr H G Balakian (of Melbourne,...

Turkey: Prisoners, including:

Payments to the family of Mr H G Balakian (of Melbourne, Australia) in Constantinople.

Agreement between the Ottoman and French Governments concerning the repatriation of prisoners of war.

Prisoner of war camp at Serdjihan.

Exchange of British women and children in Baghdad for Turkish officials.

Burial places of British and Allied soldiers, including the Kut Town Old Cemetery and the Protestant Cemetery at Ferikeuy, Constantinople.

Repatriation of employees of Borax Consolidated Ltd interned in Turkey, including:

• Charles Z Bunning, engineer at the company's mines at Sultan-Tchair, near Panderma, aged 57 or 58.
• Mrs Bunning, wife of Charles Z Bunning, aged about 45.
• Patricia Bunning, daughter of Charles Z Bunning, aged 18.
• Guy Bunning, son of Charles Z Bunning, aged 15.
• Louis Burgoing, aged about 32, bore hole sinker.

Repatriation of members of the Australian Imperial Forces

Offer by Arthur Baker, representative of the British Red Cross, to distribute food, clothing and money in line with the Berne Agreement.

Establishment of Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) institutions for British and Allied prisoners in Turkey, and the work of the association in Turkey, including visits to prisoners' camps and reciprocal visits to Turkish prisoners of war.

A J Cripps, mechanical engineer: enquiry as to the type of work that may be undertaken by internees.

Employment of Turkish prisoners of war at Bellary Camp.

Lieutenant E H Jones: request that all remittances to him be returned to the sender.

Transferral of Lieutenants E H Jones and C W Hill from Yozgad to Haidar Pasha hospital due to mental ill-health, and their eligibility for repatriation.

Communications between members of the Arnold family, namely Mrs S Beck (Louise Beck), of Prescot, Mr Valentine Arnold of Whiteinch, Glasgow, and Miss Isabelle Graham of Erdington, Birmingham; and Mrs Edward Arnold and Miss Emily Arnold, in Constantinople.

Delivery of parcels from Mrs M H Gayer, Clopton, Ootacamund, India, to her son, Lieutenant J H Gayer, at Kedos.

Internment of Vely Bey, a Turkish subject in Kingston, Jamaica.

Transmission of relief to Richard Joseph and Paul Joseph in Beyrouth (Beirut).

Transport expenses due to Swiss Railways for the repatriation of prisoners of war via Switzerland.

Medical examination of prisoners of war with a view to repatriation.

Code 1244 Files 58015-109251.

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