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Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)

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*''Turkish Days and Ways'' by James Brown MD 1940. The author was a Scot who had lived in Australia most of his life who qualified as a doctor in Edinburgh during WW1 and became a Lieutenant RAMC. He was in a Field Ambulance, serving with a Brigade of Yeomanry at the time of capture at Katia near Romani, twenty three miles from the Suez Canal, c April 1916. He was a POW at Afyon Karahisar. [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2232939 Catalogue details], [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2819290002 digital file] nla.gov.au.
*[https://archive.org/details/lostanzacsstoryo00greg/page/n3/mode/2up ''Lost Anzacs : the story of two brothers''] by Greg Kerr 1998. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. With extracts from the diaries of Australians George Kitchin Kerr, 1892-1965 and Hedley Kitchin, 1894-1915. Hedley died at Gallipoli and it was here George was captured, eventually spending years as a POW at Belemedik in Turkey.
*[https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/documents/2457/the-early-first-world-war-iraq-campaign-november-1914-april-1916-and-captivity-in-turkey/ ''The Early First World War Iraq Campaign, November 1914 - April 1916, and Captivity in Turkey''] by Brigadier KBS Crawford. A transcribed digitised account prepared by his son Nigel Crawford 2014. KBS Crawford was part of the Royal Engineers, with the 3rd Bombay Sappers and Miners. He was present at the fall of Kut, having been wounded in December 1915 and still on the sick list, and eventually arrived at Afion Kara Hissar. "Captivity" commences digital page 19. ''Forces War Records'', generally a pay website, but this digital file, classified as a War Diary in the Historical Documents Library, is accessible for free.
*[http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/mhpir/research/research_by_staff/gallipoli_centenary_research_project/project_outcomes/translated_turkish_works_on_gallipoli/#crescent Sample of Red Crescent Documents] relating to POWs from “Translated Turkish Works on Gallipoli”, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
*[https://archive.org/details/anamericanphysic00usshuoft ''An American Physician in Turkey : a narrative of adventures in peace and in war''] by Clarence D Ussher and Grace H Knapp 1917 Archive.org. The author was a medical missionary. The chapters from [https://archive.org/stream/anamericanphysic00usshuoft#page/212/mode/2up page 213] cover the war period.
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