EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
BRITAIN REACHES (AGREEMENT WITH GERMANY. REPATRIATION OF SICK AND SEVERELY WOUNDED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) RUGBY. October 2. Agreement has now been reached on all points regarding the' repatriation of sick and severely wounded prisoners of war, and of personnel who, under the Geneva Convention, are entitled to claim repatriation. -Two hospital ships will leave Britain about October 4 and the first batch of returning prisoners should arrive on October 5. The men will go straight to hospital, but as soon as possible after examination they will be allowed to return to their homes, unless they are in need of further hospital treatment.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 October 1941, Page 6
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110EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 October 1941, Page 6
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