ORCID Profile
0000-0001-7571-2182
Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the Feedback Form.
Publisher: The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Date: 12-2006
DOI: 10.21159/NV.01.01
Publisher: Project MUSE
Date: 2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2004
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 23-04-2021
Abstract: The Second World War saw extraordinary movements of people, before, during and afterwards. Civilian internees are rarely considered part of this, and especially not those in South and Southeast Asia. Between December 1941 and May 1946, nearly 2700 Japanese civilians and colonial subjects from across Japan’s empire were interned in c s in British India. Mainly residents of Singapore and Malaya, these civilians were arrested and transferred by ship and train to India, where they were interned for all or part of the war. Their first ‘temporary’ c was in Purana Qila, the Old Fort in New Delhi, from where some were repatriated to Japan in August 1942 as part of the Anglo-Japanese Civilian Exchange. The remaining civilians were moved to a more permanent c at Deoli (Ajmer) in 1943. The internees experienced several hardships, including inadequate accommodation and disease. To date, little has been written about these internees and their journeys, especially in English. Weaving together archival sources, internee memoirs and non-English publications, this article seeks to reveal the experience of incarceration on internees in British India as forced migrants of war, and to consider reasons why the history of these internees remains largely invisible.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-2006
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-05-2023
Location: Australia
No related grants have been discovered for Christine de Matos.