Hain, John

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John Hain (b. 1899 in Edinburgh) was brought up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. As a Private, Royal Irish Fusiliers, he served on the Western Front from Feb. 1918. He was captured whilst blinded and had an eye removed in a German hospital at Ghent before being held as a POW (Prisoner of War) at Solta.

From the guide to the John Hain papers, 1917-1980, (GB 206 Leeds University Library)

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creatorOf Hain, John. Henry David Thoreau, his ideas and their place in history. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
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World War, 1914-1918 Prisoners and prisons, German Solta
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