| Unique ID | CWGC/1/1/13/27 |
| File Number | P 720 PT.1 |
| Title | Appointment Of Sir H. Hart |
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| Description | Main topics: search for replacement for C. Hughes as Deputy Controller; Eastern District; consultation with Australian and New Zealand governments; removal of Eastern District office to Palestine from Egypt; applications from other candidates for the post; with letters of reference; appointment of Hart as Chief Administrative Officer; Eastern District. |
| Content Note | Including: Personal correspondence between F. Ware and Hughes; mentioning Abyssinia crisis. Letter from Hughes to Ware re Australian pilgrimage to Gallipoli; and Turkish plans for the area; 3 May 1936. Letter from Ware to Hart apologising for not meeting him on arrival in London; and describing his treatment for phlebitis; 10 June 1936. |
| Date | 7/1/1936 - 24/7/1936 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Collection | Archive |
| Category | Archive |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/2 | Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission | 1869-1949 |
| DS/UK/69 | Hart; Sir; Herbert Ernest (1882-1968); Brigadier-General; solicitor, barrister, soldier, Deputy Controller (Chief Administrative Officer) of the Imperial War Graves Commission in Eastern District, Assistant Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries in the Middle East, 1940-1942 | 1882-1968 |
| DS/UK/70 | Hughes; Cyril Emerson (1889-1958); Colonel; surveyor, civil engineer, soldier, Inspector of Works for Gallipoli, Deputy Controller and Chief Administrative Officer for Eastern District, Australian Trade Commissioner in Egypt | 1889-1958 |