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Indonesian internees - Petitions

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Title
Indonesian internees - Petitions
Subject
Dutch East Indies
Indonesia--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Asia
Internment camp inmates' writings
Red Cross and Red Crescent
Prisoner-of-war camps
Category
4. World War II
Keywords
war internee
Dutch New Guinea
Creator
Department of the Army, Central Office
Current holder
National Archives of Australia, Melbourne
Period of reference
August 30, 1943 – December 22, 1943
Date
August 30, 1943
Link
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=403051
Series number
MP742/1, 255/2/298
Item number
403051
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Cowra
Holsworthy (Liverpool) Camp
Language
Indonesian
Secondary languages
English
Physical format
Correspondence
Letters
Abstract
Handwritten Indonesian internees' petitions, prisoners who were incarcerated first in Cowra (NSW) and later in Liverpool (NSW), to Mr. Justice A'Beckett Terrell, and to the International Red Cross. (And the English translations)
Date accessed
January 20, 2023