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*[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=MIC19180510.2.2 "Scene From "Inferno." Prisoners In Turkey. British Soldiers Ill-Treated"] ''Mount Ida Chronicle'', [New Zealand] Volume XLV, 10 May 1918, Page 1 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
*[http://theconversation.com/the-forgotten-anzacs-honoured-guests-of-the-sultan-25884 "The forgotten Anzacs: ‘honoured guests’ of the Sultan"] 24 April 2014 theconversation.com. This article also mentions Indian POWs.
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158634493 "Bombardier Pearse. How He Died. Unwholesome Turkish Biscuits"]. ''National Advocate'' (Bathurst, NSW) 27 Nov 1917. trove.nla.gov.au. Bombardier Vincent Pearse of the [[Volunteer Artillery Battery]] along with many others, died soon after being taken prisoner, officially due to enteritis, but caused by what the hungry men ate.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0W7pYJsBSw "The British Death March in Mesopotamia"] ''The Great War Week 94''. YouTube video. The initial part of this video is about the POWs from Kut.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2008/10/17/remembrance_nelson.shtml Memoir of Private Fred William Nelson, Lancashire Fusiliers] 1/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (125th Brigade, 42nd Division). Captured at Gallipoli, aged 17, his camps included Bilemedik. 17/10/2008 bbc.co.uk
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*[http://www.levantineheritage.com/bel.htm Archive views of the Baghdad Railway] Levantine Heritage Foundation. Includes Belemedik.
*[http://www.gda-old.bayern.de/findmittel/ead/findbuch.php?fb=478&lft=49860&rgt=58181&alft=56260&argt=56279#ae Photograph collection including the Taurus and Amanus mountains]. Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (Bavarian State Archives). The Bavarian Squadron 304 travelled through the Ottoman empire to get to the Palestine front with their valuable aeroplanes. Part of their route took them through the Taurus and Amanus mountains 1917-1918.
*[https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:203611/s00855804_1990_14_4_136.pdf "Australian Submariner P.O.W.'s After The Gallipoli Landing"] by M. W. D. White ''Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland'' Volume 14 1990 issue 4: pages 136-144. University of Queensland website.
:[http://ae2.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/AE2_Article_Col_Marcus_Fielding.pdf From the Sea of Marmara to the North Gate of Baghdad: The Story of Four HMAS AE2 Crew Members] by Colonel Marcus Fielding, Australian Army, written c 2009. The crew was taken into captivity by the Turks. With quotes from the diary of AE2 crew member Able Seaman Albert Knaggs. ae2.org.au
:*[http://www.jefferyknaggs.webspace.virginmedia.com/submarine.html Jeff Knaggs - the Autobiography - my Grandfather]. Albert Edward Knaggs Able Seaman; RN/RAN 7893 of HMAS AE2 left an important diary of events up until his death at Belemedik where he died in the makeshift camp hospital on 22 October 1916.
:[http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2012/D16835/a3901.htm Narrative of John Wheat] c 1914-1918, who was a torpedoman on the Australian submarine A.E.2 which was sunk 30 April 1915 in the Sea of Marmora (Gallipoli), taken prisoner by the Germans, and subsequently became a prisoner of war in Turkey, working on the construction of the Baghdad Railway. Transcribed by, and from the collection of the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW. [http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=902088 Photographs and postcards from his album] Click on the tab “Online” to display 8 items.
*Sergeant Maurice George Delpratt, 5th Light Horse Regiment, A I F, captured at Gallipoli.
**[http://helenhambling.com/pow-history/ The Delpratt war] helenhambling.com
**[http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2012/08/17/new-acquisition-maurice-george-delpratt/ Maurice George Delpratt Correspondence, A Turkish Prisoner Of War] State Library of Queensland, with [http://hdl.handle.net/10462/eadarc/8217 Correspondence] Includes digital images.
**[http://helenhambling.com/2013/07/31/a-goat-track-to-the-holy-grail/ A goat track to the Holy Grail…] July 31, 2013. A journey to Belemedik and Hacikiri, in the Taurus Mountains, sites of the camps where POWs worked on the railway tunnels for the Berlin to Baghdad Railway. helenhambling.com
***[https://www.flickr.com/photos/50074978@N06/sets/72157626048039691/ Photographs: Prison of War camp WW1, Belemedik Turkey], Prisoners of War Camp along the Berlin-Baghdad Railway flickr.com
*"The Territory’s first and only Gallipoli prisoner" by Judy Boland, ''Progenitor, Quarterly Journal of the Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory Inc.'' June 2015-March 2016, Dec. 2016. Private John Beattie No. 1827, 15th Battalion Australian Infantry Forces was captured at Gallipoli August 8th 1915 when his Battalion was ordered to mount an attack on Hill 971. [http://www.gsnt.org.au/sites/default/files/Progenitor%20June%202015%20Vol%2034%20No%202.pdf Part 1] pages 32-36 Capture. [http://www.gsnt.org.au/sites/default/files/A4%20Progenitor%20September%202015.pdf Part 2] pages 49-54. Journey from a small port on the southern coast of the Gallipoli peninsula to Constantinople and into Prisoner-of-War camps. [http://www.gsnt.org.au/sites/default/files/A4%20Progenitor%20December%202015.pdf Part 3] page 74-80 Belemedik , Bore, Gelebek, Afion Kara Hissar. [http://www.gsnt.org.au/sites/default/files/A4%20Progenitor%20March%202016.pdf Part 4] pages 11- 18 Belemedik August 1918, changes from October 1918, and release. [http://www.gsnt.org.au/sites/default/files/A4%20Progenitor%20December%202016.pdf Part 5] pages 91-95 includes prior service in the British Army.
*[http://www.foxcroft.com.au/family/Text/Harry%20Foxcroft%20statement.txt Gallipoli capture] and POW experience of Reg. No. 1720, Private H Foxcroft, No. 14 Platoon, “D” Company. 14th Battalion. Australian Imperial Force. foxcroft.com.au
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2008/10/17/remembrance_nelson.shtml Memoir of Private Fred William Nelson, Lancashire Fusiliers] 1/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (125th Brigade, 42nd Division). Captured at Gallipoli, aged 17, his camps included Bilemedik. 17/10/2008 bbc.co.uk
*[http://www.diplomat.com.tr/sayilar/s12/yazilar/s12-16.htm "Belemedik: A hidden travel story"] October 2005 diplomat.com.tr
*[http://wwwpaperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=MIC19180510.2.2 "Scene From "Inferno." Prisoners In Turkey. British Soldiers Ill-Treated"] ''Mount Ida Chronicle'', [New Zealand] Volume XLV, 10 May 1918, Page 1 paperspast.natlib.govt.foxcroftnz *[http://theconversation.com/the-forgotten-anzacs-honoured-guests-of-the-sultan-25884 "The forgotten Anzacs: ‘honoured guests’ of the Sultan"] 24 April 2014 theconversation.com. This article also mentions Indian POWs.*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/familynewspaper/Textarticle/Harry%20Foxcroft%20statement158634493 "Bombardier Pearse. How He Died.txt Gallipoli captureUnwholesome Turkish Biscuits"] and POW experience of . Reg''National Advocate'' (Bathurst, NSW) 27 Nov 1917. trove.nla.gov. Noau. 1720Bombardier Vincent Pearse of the [[Volunteer Artillery Battery]] along with many others, Private H Foxcroftdied soon after being taken prisoner, No. 14 Platoonofficially due to enteritis, “D” Companybut caused by what the hungry men ate. 14th Battalion*[https://www. Australian Imperial Forceyoutube. foxcroftcom/watch?v=p0W7pYJsBSw "The British Death March in Mesopotamia"] ''The Great War Week 94''. YouTube video.comThe initial part of this video is about the POWs from Kut.au
*[https://norfolkinworldwar1.org/2016/11/16/the-journey-into-captivity-mesopotamia-in-1916 The Journey into Captivity – Mesopotamia in 1916 [2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment<nowiki>]</nowiki>]; [https://norfolkinworldwar1.org/2017/06/16/captivity-in-turkey-from-the-diaries-of-lieutenant-colonel-francis-cecil-lodge-part-2-january-june1917/ Captivity in Turkey: from the diaries of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Cecil Lodge Part 2: January-December 1917] norfolkinworldwar1.org. With extracts from the accounts of two officers, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Lodge and Captain Alfred Shakeshaft.
:[https://www.stephen-stratford.com/capt_diary.htm Extracts from the diary of Captain A.J. Shakeshaft] of the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. They cover the period 15 May to 25 June 1916, [although 1915is stated].
*[https://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2010/10/20/experiences-of-a-prisoner-of-war-in-turkey-the-captain-white-story/ "Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Turkey : the Captain White story"] by Amanda Rebbeck 20 October 2010. awm.gov.au . White wrote of his experiences in ''Guests of the unspeakable : the odessey of an Australian airman - being a record of captivity and escape in Turkey'' by T.W. White (1928).
*[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/gallipoli-anzac-offered-job-by-turkish-captors-after-wwi/6349574 "Homesick Anzac POW offered full-time job by Turkish captors after WWI"] by Mazoe Ford. 25 April 2015. abc.net.au. Australian soldier George Kerr, ((AIF) 14th Battalion), wounded and captured at Gallipoli, became the paymaster at Belemedik POW camp.
