Born: Zullichan, 23 March 1893
Profession in country of origin: Physician
Arrived in Britain as a refugee in May 1939
Documents
Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee
Surname: Wasser
Forename: Ernst
Alias: -
Date and place of birth: 23/03/1893 in Zullichan
Nationality: German
Police Regn. Cert. No.: 711 467
Home Office ref: C 832
Address: Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent
Normal occupation: Physician
Present occupation: Farm worker in camp
Name and address of employer: -
Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9a
Date 11.10.1939
Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes
Whether desires to be repatriated: No
[Reverse of card] Release authorised provisionally Cat 17 (Brazil) 28.01.1942 or Return to UK auth. for [?] of release.
Richborough EC
German Wasser 23.3.93 Ernst Zullichan W13932 C Cat RCA Enrolled Australian Labour Corps 17.12.1942
Source: National Archives, Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index, 1939-1947.
Editor’s note: We are not allowed to reproduce National Archives (UK) images, but we are permitted to reproduce the material from them, as shown above.
There are further records about Ernst Wasser, housed at the Australian National Archives as follows:
Title Prisoner of War/Internee: Wasser, Ernst; Date of birth - 23 March 1893; Nationality - German Contents range 1940 - 1942 Series number MP1103/1 Control symbol E40862 Access status OpenItem ID8618542
Prisoner of War/Internee; Wasser, Ernst; Year of birth - 1893; Nationality - German Contents range 1939 - 1945 Series number MP1103/2 Control symbol E40862 Access status Open Item ID 9907366
There is information about Ernst Wasser’s life online at DGKJ, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin e.V.
The link to the website is here
There is also a PDF below, with translation to English, in case the link breaks over time
Dr Ernst Ludwig Wasser, life story, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin e.V. Download