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The loss of SS Arandora Star
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Stanley internment camp, Hong Kong, for Japanese internment of civilians: views of...
Catalogue reference: CN 3/41
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This record is about the Stanley internment camp, Hong Kong, for Japanese internment of civilians: views of... dating from 1943-1945 in the series Photographs Extracted from CO series. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CN 3/41
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Stanley internment camp, Hong Kong, for Japanese internment of civilians: views of camp, internees and bathing beach in Tweed Bay. Photostat copy of censored letter from internee to his family in India
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- CO 980/121
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Internment
- Asia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C360845/
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Series information
CN 3
Photographs Extracted from CO series
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Within the series: CN 3
Photographs Extracted from CO series
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