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CWGC - Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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  - 1 - Part 1 - Work of the Commission in Connection with First World War Deaths
    - 13 - Members Of The Commission Staff And Appointment Of Auditors.

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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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

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