Reference NumberFJO/3/2
TitleStatements on captivity
Date19 August 1944 - 17 November 1944
Creator NameO'Meara, Francis Joseph, 1900-1967
DescriptionSeries of official statements made by O'Meara, following his release, relating to his period of captivity.
- A report on two German doctors encountered by O'Meara during his time in POW camps and their treatment of British prisoners.
- A letter to 'Wilson' regarding his memorandum 'The Prisoners of War Comes Home', in which O'Meara gives his thoughts on the experiences of POW and why they did or did not attempt to escape from the camps.
- A report by O'Meara on a man he meet during captivity who acted as an informer for the Germans and disrupted the British Prisoners.
Extent3 items
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Credit LineRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland
TermPrisoners of War
Concentration Camps
World War Two, 1939-1945
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/665O'Meara; Francis Joseph (1900-1967); Major-General; army doctor1900-1967
DS/UK/2080Royal Army Medical Corps; 1898-1898-
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