'File 24/10 John Hinsler'

Title:

'File 24/10 John Hinsler'

Date:

1946/1946

Description:

Abstract: The file contains only four documents, all dating from October 1946. There is a letter and enclosure from the British Embassy in Baghdad to the Political Agent, Bahrain asking him to take temporary custody of a seemingly harmless destitute calling himself John Hinsler, who had been detained in Persia during the Second World War. An accompanying aide memoire contains a record of the verbal account given by John Hinsler, who claimed to have been born in 1902 in China to English parents and orphaned as a child. In a letter of reply, the Political Agent declines to accept the transfer of John Hinsler to Bahrain pending his repatriation to China, on the grounds of his former connection with Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present between ff 3-7; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Internment
Vagrants

Geographic region:

Baghdad
China

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00001e_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00001e_en
IOR/R/15/2/637
IOR/R/15/2/637

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