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MotuHu Motuhi Prison Camp Details and Escapade Notes
Reports describe Motuihi camp conditions for prisoners of war from Samoa and Germany. Details cover daily rations, liquor rules, work assignments in the Agricultural Department, discipline, and the escape event with patrols, supplies, and aftereffects. Notes include statements by Colonel Turner and Colonel Patterson on vigilance and communications with Wellington.
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Reneral
Motushi
Samoa
Schultz
Jay
Wellington
Dental Hospital
Narrow Neck
Torpedo Yard
Devonport
Price
Turner
Colonel Turner
Patterson
Colonel Patterson
Kean
Viatter Te Weltlietean
Gotonel Purner
Keogh
Flo
Hope
Johnston
Secon
Leslie
Auckland
B. Hansen
Paul Hansen
Hansen
von‘ Lackner
Hope Johnson
Alfred Henry Warner
Agricultural Department
Medlert
Motuihi
Coast Defence
New Zealand
Hume
Metuihi
Col. Hume
Offce