The German Treatment of Wounded Allied Prisoners of War

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Dr.M Geoffrey Miller, MB.BS. (Lond), MRCP. (Lond), FACRM., FFRM,RACP., is a semi-retired consultant physician in internal and cardiological medicine who qualified in medicine at St. George's Hospital, London, in 1954. He moved to Australia in 1961 and has practised in public hospitals and in private practice as a consultant physician in Brisbane and in Sydney, where he now lives. He has maintained a particular interest in the medical problems of War Veterans since 1984.

Dr Miller has had a longtime interest in Military History, having commenced the study of Naval history whilst a medical student. Since then he has broadened his interests to the other aspects of the Military and Medical Military history of the First World War,site author, The Medical Front WWI.

In 1919 the Australian Government issued a booklet entitled "How the Germans Treated Australian Prisoners of War".

Four typical sample accounts are given, followed by the Report of the Acting Consul for Switzerland, in charge of German interests.

From Australian soldiers:http://www.vlib.us/medical/pow/1918.htm

:http://www.vlib.us/medical/pow/1916.htm

An Australian Officer:http://www.vlib.us/medical/pow/pozieres.htm

An unknown wounded soldier:http://www.vlib.us/medical/pow/ampn1918.htm

The Report by the Acting Swiss Consul Concerned with German Interests: who issued a report on the conditions in Holdsworthy Prisoner of War Internment Camp in New South Wales, Australia.

http://www.vlib.us/medical/pow/consul.htm

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