PRISONERS’ POSITION.
NEW ZEALANDERS IN ITALY, (Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, Oct. S. Reports received in London indicate that the number of New Zealand prisoners of war in Italy who are likely to be free may not be large. It appears that all the officers at Camp 47, numbering more than 200, have probably been moved to Germany. It is known that about 20 have arrived in Germany.
Reports indicate that the Italians in some cases threw the prisoner camps open when the armistice was declared, and it is therefore likely that many New Zealanders may be at large; but some may have lacked food and assistance, and may have given themselves up. Seven, however, have reached Switzerland. The news received is fragmentary.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 310, 11 October 1943, Page 3
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