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Object description
Photocopies of his 13 ms and ts airmail letters (26pp, August 1943 – August 1945) to a friend recording his service as a Jewish officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in the Middle East and Italy, including active service as Medical Officer (MO) with the British Military Hospital and the 19th Battalion Essex Regiment in Khartoum, Sudan (August 1943 - June 1944); 217th Field Ambulance, MEF (August 1944); the 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment in Italy (October 1944): hospitalised in the 104th British General Hospital in Italy (December 1944); No 1 Sub-Depot, 35th AOD, Italy (February 1945); 11th British General Hospital, Italy (March 1945); and 7th BPC in Rimini, Italy (August 1945); and commenting briefly on the journey out to Sudan via Egypt; life and conditions in Sudan; his dislike of Egypt; the campaign in Italy; the need for a Second Front; army life, notably his duties, his fellow officers, the conditions, his billets, home leave, his uniform, and his off-duty entertainment, including reading, sightseeing and his Italian girl friend; Ramadan; his dislike of Communism; anti-Semitism; suffering from tropical fever; the local population; and the progress of the war.
Content description
Photocopies of his 13 ms and ts airmail letters (26pp, August 1943 – August 1945) to a friend recording his service as a Jewish officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in the Middle East and Italy, including active service as Medical Officer (MO) with the British Military Hospital and the 19th Battalion Essex Regiment in Khartoum, Sudan (August 1943 - June 1944); 217th Field Ambulance, MEF (August 1944); the 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment in Italy (October 1944): hospitalised in the 104th British General Hospital in Italy (December 1944); No 1 Sub-Depot, 35th AOD, Italy (February 1945); 11th British General Hospital, Italy (March 1945); and 7th BPC in Rimini, Italy (August 1945); and commenting briefly on the journey out to Sudan via Egypt; life and conditions in Sudan; his dislike of Egypt; the campaign in Italy; the need for a Second Front; army life, notably his duties, his fellow officers, the conditions, his billets, home leave, his uniform, and his off-duty entertainment, including reading, sightseeing and his Italian girl friend; Ramadan; his dislike of Communism; anti-Semitism; suffering from tropical fever; the local population; and the progress of the war.
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