- £95.00
India. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1942. Post card headed 'Service of Prisoners of War' dated '16th Nov 1942', written by 'Josef Antosch, Wing 3, Internment Camp Deoli (Ajmer) c/o G.P.O. Bombay' addressed to his family 'Antosch, Wein, Germany' with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHP/ 8' censor and hand-stamp 'DHP/ 118' in violet, routed via Italy with 'Uffico Censura Posta Estera' double ring and endorsed '6.2.43' the date received.
Josef Antosch (German) had been taken P.O.W. by the Allies in the Dutch East Indies and interned in Alas Vallei Camp, Sumatra before being transferred to various camps in British India. Antosch was later repatriated from Dehra Dun on the "S.S. Marine Jumper" to a repatriation camp in the British and American Zone in Germany. His wife and children had been in Salatiga Protection Camp for women and children before being sent on the "S.S. Jumper" via North China to Japan.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.
