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Object description
Informative ts account (329pp) recording his career in the ranks of the British Army in the UK and the Far East, 1933 - 1945, including: enlisting in and serving with an Infantry Battalion in Northern Ireland, 1933 - 1934; Shanghai, China, 1934 -1936, notably guard duties on civilian craft on the Yangtse-Kiang; Singapore, 1936 - 1938, with a short training period in Hong Kong, 1937; Calcutta, India, 1938 - 1941; the Retreat from Burma, 1941 - 1942, when he was captured at Yenangyaung; his captivity in Rangoon, 1942 - 1945; and commenting on every aspect of life as a POW, especially the brutality of the Japanese; the lack of food and medical attention; the importance of religion to some prisoners; the impact of Allied bombing raids after 1943; the shortcomings of British strategic planning; and the psychological effects of captivity. Major Finnerty was not commissioned until 1955.
Content description
Informative ts account (329pp) recording his career in the ranks of the British Army in the UK and the Far East, 1933 - 1945, including: enlisting in and serving with an Infantry Battalion in Northern Ireland, 1933 - 1934; Shanghai, China, 1934 -1936, notably guard duties on civilian craft on the Yangtse-Kiang; Singapore, 1936 - 1938, with a short training period in Hong Kong, 1937; Calcutta, India, 1938 - 1941; the Retreat from Burma, 1941 - 1942, when he was captured at Yenangyaung; his captivity in Rangoon, 1942 - 1945; and commenting on every aspect of life as a POW, especially the brutality of the Japanese; the lack of food and medical attention; the importance of religion to some prisoners; the impact of Allied bombing raids after 1943; the shortcomings of British strategic planning; and the psychological effects of captivity. Major Finnerty was not commissioned until 1955.
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Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 2001-03-29