"OETA" in EEF Palestine 1919-1920

[dtrapnell]

Ted Proud in his book The PH of Palestine 1918-1948 illustrates several varieties of this handstamp but does not show what OETA stands for. EEF is, of course, Egyptian Expeditionary Force. A similar OETA skeleton handstamp was used at Jaffa
Please will someone help me with OETA?
Many thanks  David

[Nick Colley]

I believe it stands for Occupied Enemy Territory Administration, David. If I'm mistaken, I'm sure someone will correct me  ;)

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[Michael Dobbs]

David

Nick is quite correct:  The Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (OETA) was a joint British and French military administration over Levantine and Mesopotamian provinces of the former Ottoman Empire between 1918–20, set up following the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.
Taken from: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/occupied-enemy-territory-administration

Other websites are:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupied_Enemy_Territory_Administration
http://britishpalestinepolice.org.uk/Palhist7.html
and many more.

Mike  :)

[dtrapnell]

Brilliant!
Thanks so much.
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