PRISONERS OF WAR

Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 67, 20 March 1943, Page 6

PRISONERS OF WAR

INCORRECT ADDRESSES

The Prisoners of War Inquiry Office have repeatedly found it necessary to draw,, the attention of. next-of-kin of prisoners of war to the incorrect addressing of their mail. Proof of .the fact that sufficient care :.is still'• not being i aken is shown in a special cable just received from the International Red Gross, stating that a large number of letters to Ne'Ov Zealand: prisoners of war from their families are incorrectly addressed,- involving considerable delays in delivery and possibly non-delivery to the prisoner concerned. : The Inquiry Office cannot stress too strongly to next-of-kin, relatives, and friends of prisoners of war the importance of adhering to the instructions set out in the official brochure of Prisoner of War Information and the leaflet supplied by the Post Office. The instructions contained in both the above are fully and, correctly se.t out and should be followed without difficulty. Cabled advice has been received that Camp Stalag XVIII B was closed in the middle of January and that the addresses, of all prisoners concerned should be changed to Stalag XVIII A. The working party numbers will remain unchanged. It is not anticipated that the change will prejudice the delivery of any parcels already dispatched to men at the former address. The Prisoners: of War. Inquiry Office headquarters is still urgently, requiring copies of letters from prisoners interned at Stalag VIII Band Oflag 111 C, and- written from and including October, 1942.. Next-of-kin are advised that the special khaki' wool provided, for, prisoners of, war can still be purchased on presentation of the special wool coupon card. ■ : Advice' from the Prisoners of War Department of the Red Cross and St John Joint Council in England states that for a period of four weeks from the middle of October, 1942, the total number of parcels dispatched .to prisoner of war camps' in Germany and Italy was 635,000: food parcels, ap-^ proximately 30,000 invalid comfort parcels, 19,500 tobacco parcels, and food in bulk estimated to an equivalent of 75,000 parcels.