JAPANESE PRISONERS.
» INTERNMENT IN DOMINION. (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Jan. 1. Another draft of Japanese prisoners of war arrived in New Zealand Vecently under an American guard, and were later handed over formally to the representatives of the New Zealand Government. The camp maintained in New Zealand for such prisoners is under Dominion control and adminis» tered in accordance with the Geneva Convention for treatment of war prisoners. The latest arrivals were all captured by Americans and were fighting against the Allies at the time of their capture. Among them were airmen, 'They were tak§n under escort to the camp, where others of their countrymen have been living for some time. Treatment which has probably surprised them for its kindngss has been the lot of prisoners both in American and New Zealand hands. No parade of them is made in public, and there could be few New Zealanders who knew of the arrival of the last draft.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 70, 2 January 1943, Page 5
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