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Originally Posted by saunders clan
Historically, POM stands for Prisoner of Millbank - the main prison from where convicts were sent to Oz from. It was written on the boats I do believe.
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A popular idea again, but unfortunately with no hard evidence to back it up. It may be true, but there are no pictures of boats or uniforms with POM written on them...
Just as with the 'Prisoner of her majesty/mother England' theory. Some proponents of this theory claim that upon arrival in the country they would be given a uniform with "POHM" or "POME" emblazoned on the back, which apparently stood for
Prisoners Of Her Majesty/Mother England but there are no images or examples of these uniforms.
This doesn't mean that they aren't true, after all, why would you keep a prisoner's uniform? They were probably worn until they were in tatters and discarded. However, you might expect to see pictures as people recorded these poor souls being sent off across the oceans on the prison ships, and then arriving at the other end.
BTW, one has to wonder what the two people who are offended by the term are doing on a website called 'pomsinoz.com'? They must be offended every time they log in!