CO129-628-11 War Damage Compensation- individual claims 1-3-1951 - 31-3-1951 — Page 39

PRESENT PERMANENT ADDRESS:-B.P. Dillon

c/o Chartered Bank of India,

Australia & Chine,

Queen's Road, HONGKONG.

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BY REGISTERED AIR MAIL

W.D.H.I. Claims

August 11th, 1948.

Claims Department of the Foreign Office,

3, Cleveland Row

LONDON, S.W.1,

Dear Sirs,

ENGLAND.

TO BE ATTACHED TO:-

"WAR DAMAGE CLAIM",SHANGHAI ACKNOWLEDGMENT No.3591.

I would refer you to my letter of January 31st 1948 written while I was at the Shanghai Club, Shanghai, to the War Claims Dept., H.B.M. Consulate General, Shanghai, stating that I was leaving for Australia and giving my future address as "c/o Bank of New South Wales, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", in reference to my Personal Injury Form WDL-2", and also a separate letter on the same date to the same effect covering my "War Damage Claim”, your Shanghai Consulate Receipt No. 3591.

This is to advise that I have now returned to HONGKONG, and shall be remaining here and shall be glad if you will register my new permanent address as follows on both these Claims:-

B.P. Dillon

o/o Chartered Bank of India,Australia & China

Queen's Road,

HONGKONG.

I attach copy of this letter for file against the two claims.

I should greatly appreciate your acknowledgment of receipt of this letter, and also your advice at the same time whether there is any news regarding the settlement of these claims. I have suffered considerably both in health, and in loss of household effects and I would be very glad to know what the prospects are of these claims being settled.

Thanking you for your kind advice, and trouble,

!

Yours truly,

B. Pery Dillo-

B.P. DILLON.

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