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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/8/22
Alt Ref NoWG 798 PT.1
TitleEnemy Graves And Interned Civilians - General File
DescriptionMain topics: letters from German officials concerned with war graves re need for international co-operation received by DGRE via Australian Red Cross Society; enquiries from ZAK (German war graves authority) re graves of prisoners of war and attempts to support work of Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraberfursorge; development of common attitude to treatment of German graves by French; Belgian and British Empire (IWGC) war graves authorities; HM Treasury desire that Commission should be responsible for prisoner of war graves; responsibilities for prisoner of war graves taken by Dominion and colonial governments.
Date26/4/1917 - 14/12/1922
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Content NoteIncluding:Letter from H. Simon; Commission representative in Berlin; re German arrangements for the maintenance of war graves in Germany.Copy of Army Council Instruction; 1917; re marking graves of prisoners of war; with letter; 7 Mar. 1922.Letter from Colonial Office re arrangements made by various British colonies for maintenance of enemy graves; 21 Mar. 1922.Minute from Legal Adviser re purchase arrangements for British graves in Germany and German graves in UK; 30 Nov. 1922
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteNO OTHER PARTS OF THIS FILE ARE IN THE ARCHIVE.
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