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POW Camps in India

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Catalogue reference [[BACSA]] Archive at the [[British Library]] Ceylon: Boer POW Camp Mss Eur F370/785
===FamilySearch digitised microfilms===*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/185421?availability=Family%20History%20Library Archives of the Staff Officer, Prisoners of War, Cape Town, 1900-1903 (SO/POW)] Microfilm . Digitised microfilm of originals at the Transvaal Archives Depot, Pretoria. Contains details of Boer prisoners of war, lists of prisoners who were in the various camps in India, Ceylon, St. Helena and Portugal, lists of prisoners who were released, paroled or who took the oath of allegiance.*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/567053?availability=Family%20History%20Library Lists of prisoners of war in South Africa, 1899-1902] Microfilm . Digitised microfilm of original manuscripts in Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa. High reduction (42x) microfilm, use high magnification reader. Published lists of Afrikaner prisoners of war, arranged alphabetically and chronologically, with full name, home address, marital status, regiment location, age; date and place of capture, internment, death, relocation; notes on parole, rank, or release during the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902). Besides South Africa, many P.O.W.s were relocated to the island of St. Helena, India, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and elsewhere in the British Empire.*Both series of digitised microfilms appear to be freely available on your home computer, but if not, see [[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|How to order microfilms]]for viewing options.
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