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Harold James Dothie fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1941-1946, 1970.

Reference:

R2558-0-5-E, MG30-E398

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101989

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Harold James Dothie fonds
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Fonds includes:

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Date(s):

1941-1946, 1970.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10 cm of textual records.
11 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the personal papers of Flying Officer Harold J. Dothie including: a personal diary, 3 June 1941-4 December 1942, in which details of his enlistment, the voyage to South Africa, his training as an air observer, and the return to the United Kingdom are recorded; "A Wartime Log for British Prisoners", kept from 1943-1945, containing sketches and diagrams of the prisoner of war camps at Sagan and Belaria, poems, a list of mess-mates, a glossary of "Kriege Lingo", cartoons, recipes, a list of films seen and shows put on in the camps, and a list of those shot after "The Great Escape"; a notebook with drawings, 1943-1945, entitled "Kriege Days", a sporadically kept diary including a calendar, mail register, recipes, a listing of London restaurants, excerpts from various philosophical works, and miscellaneous notes; and a diary, entitled "Random Jottings", covering the events and movements relating to repatriation, 21 April 1945 to 27 May 1945. Also included are manuscript and printed copies of camp news releases issued at Luckenwalde covering the local events relating to the cessation of hostilities and repatriation of the prisoners of war, 25 April 1945 to 19 May 1945; correspondence received from family and friends, 1944-1946; miscellaneous prisoner of war and service documents, 1943-1945; German newspaper clippings, 1943-1945; a memorandum, entitled "British Overseas Airways Corporation: Aircraft Officers; Qualifications Required and Conditions of Service", c.1945; and a signed 25th Anniversary Liberation Menu, 1970.

The fonds also contains photographs depicting the daily life of Allied prisoners of war at Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany, ca. 1944-45.

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Dothie, Harold James, 1915-[ca. 1976]

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Dothie, Harold James, 1915-[ca. 1976]

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Dothie, Harold James, 1915-[ca. 1976] : Harold James Dothie (1915-c.1976) was born in London, England. He enlisted with the Royal Air Force in 1941. Following training in South Africa, he served as a navigator with 51 Squadron. Flying Officer Dothie and his crew were shot down 21 June 1943. He was held as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III at Sagan, the site of The Great Escape, at Belaria, and at Luckenwalde. Following repatriation at the end of hostilities, he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant. After discharge from the RAF he returned to university and the study of crystallography.

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General note:

Acquired at auction in 1976.
Subject heading:

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Prisoners of war Germany

Prisonniers de guerre Allemagne

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945

Prisoners of war Great Britain

Prisonniers de guerre Grande-Bretagne
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1983-059 NPC

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MG30-E398
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 E 398] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

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Photographs: No restrictions. Copyright is expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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