Saxicola caprata francki Rensch, 1931 (1 Viewer)

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Saxicola caprata francki Rensch, 1931 OD here

Trotzdem gelang es Herrn Dr. DAMMERMANbei seiner 2 1/2-monatigen Sammeltätigkeit unter Assistenz von Herrn Taxidermist P. FRANCK noch weitere 14 Formen neu nachzuweisen und darunter einige sehr interessante Endemismen, die den Eindruck verstärken, dass diese lnsel schon relativ lange isoliert ist.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

Pied Bushchat ssp. Saxicola caprata francki Rensch, 1931
Paul Friedrich Franck (fl.1940) was a German big-game hunter and taxidermist at Zoological Museum Buitenzorg, (Bogor), Java (1922-1940). He died (c.1943) in a WW2 prisoner-of-war camp in India.

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Paul Friedrich Franck (fl. 1940) German big-game hunter, taxidermist at Zoological Mus., Buitenzorg, Java 1922-1940, who died at a POW camp in India during WW2 (subsp. Saxicola caprata).

So any idea about the life dates of the man accompanied Karel Willem Dammerman ( born Arnhem , Netherlands , 4 July 1885 , died Leiden , 19 November 1951)?

 

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Here it tells us his full initials were P.F.F.J. Franck and that he really was interned:

Several records indicate he was northern German which leads us to:

Paul Friedrich Ferdinand Julius Franck (sometimes spelled Frank)
Birth Place	Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Birth Date	8 June 1892

his death is poorly documented.

German Civilians during WWII were generally held in Clement Town (Dehra Dun) or Deoli (Ajmer).

The British Archives may have the answer - you would have to visit the British Library and read these files:

IOR/L/ PJ/8/1-76 Collection 101: Aliens ‎ (1931-1950) which includes subcategories such as IOR/L/ PJ/8/31 Coll 101/10AA; Nominal rolls of internees and parolees in India and IOR/L/ PJ/8/34 Coll 101/10AB; Reports on internment camps in India (excluding Japanese camps) ‎ (Oct 1942-Oct 1945).

United Kingdom High Commission files relating to cemeteries IOR/R/4/1-539 1943-1967. Transferred from Indian Public Works Department to the British High Commission, New Delhi, and from there to the India Office Records in 1972-73.

If you wonder why he was held in an internment camp his allegiances may be gauged by his mustache in this photo!