OC 1 Aust PW Contact & Enquiry Unit, Report, 19 Sep 1945, two statements: one by Capt Nottage, re selection of POWs, approximately 300 civilians and 700 AMF Ordinary Ranks, for embarkation from Rabaul in Feb 1942, and the other statement by Major Marr, re report that the body of a civilian, C. McKellar, had been washed up on the beach after the embarkation, Ts., p/c, 1p. Together with notes from papers of Stewart Nottage and Australian government file at the National Archives, A518, DS16/2/1, Part 4, Territory of New Guinea - civilians detained by Japanese, 1946-1951.
- Containers:
- Box 2 (MS Acc14.091)
- Component identifier:
- File
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- This collection was acquired from the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.
- Subjects:
- Pacific
Society and culture
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- Parent Restrictions:
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- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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