Ok, maybe not Fodor's travel guide or even a Rough Guide. This was the leaflet given to soldiers prior to embarkation to Sicily.
The Prisoner of War - dated April 1945
An interesting article pulled from the bottom left column...
Leave for Repatriates
Repatriated prisoners of war are given 42 days' leave as soon as they are fit to go to their homes after arrival in this country. They can obtain ration cards, vouchers for handkerchiefs and Naafi ration of chocolates, cigarettes and tobacco. Arrangements are also made for them to be places on the Service register as electors.
This was officially stated in the House of Commons last month when it was also announced that if an ex-prisoner on leaving hospital is discharged from the Army on medical grounds he is given not 42 but 56 days leave.
New Arrangements
Repatriates receive this amount of leave only if they are not subject to the new arrangements for members of the Forces. That is, if their in-patient treatment in a Service or EMS Hospital is not complete, they will not be dis-charged from the Services until at least eight calendar months including the 56 days notice leave have elapsed......
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