N.Z. WAR PRISONERS
MEMBERS IN HOSPITAL GREECE AND GERMANY _ (Per Preaa Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The following cablegram has been received by the joint council of the Order of St. John and the Red Cross Society from Lieut.-Colonel F. Waite, acting Red Cross Commissioner in the Middle East: “The Red Cross present notifications of prisoners of war in hospital are: Kokinia 535; Ecole Polytechnique Hospital, Athens, 44; Corinthia, Greece, 980; Oflag VB, Germany, 77. A total of 1636. I believe a number are still in Crete. Foodstuffs, via Canada and Geneva, will serve German camps. There are sufficient supplies here for all requirements.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 5 August 1941, Page 4
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103N.Z. WAR PRISONERS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 5 August 1941, Page 4
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