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Object description
100 ms letters (January 1946 – June 1948) to his family in Sheffield recording his training in Edinburgh, Scotland and service as an NCO with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in the UK, India, Burma and Singapore, including initial training at Dreghorn Barracks in Edinburgh, Scotland (January 1946 – February 1946); selection for the Sanitary Section, RAMC and training at the RAMC Depot at Crookham Camp, Aldershot and attending a Sanitary Assistants Course at the Army School of Hygiene at Mytchett, Aldershot (March 1946 – May 1946); the voyage in HMT ORONTES to India via the Suez Canal to Bombay, India (July 1946 – August 1946); RAMC Depot, Deolali, India (August 1946 - ?October 1946); awaiting a ship to Burma in Barrackpore near Calcutta (October 1946); the voyage in HMT ETHIOPIA from Calcutta to Rangoon (October 1946); 4th British Transit Camp in Rangoon, Burma (October 1946 - November 1946); service with the 56th Indian Field Hygiene Section in Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma (November 1946- December 1946); 22nd Indian Field Hygiene Secton at Mektilla, Burma (December 1946 – March 1947) inspecting the sanitary arrangements of units and giving courses in hygiene to British, Burmese and Indian troops; 4th CMH, Mandalay (March 1947 – July 1947) and 5th Detachment, 1st British General Hospital, Mandalay (July 1947 – September 1947) training and inspecting units about hygiene and sanitation; 2nd Section Hygiene Inspectorial Pool, HQ Burma Command, Mingaladon near Rangoon (September 1947 – October 1947); BBDMS British Base Depot Medical Stores), Mingaladon (November 1946); escorting Japanese war criminals from Rangoon in the SS SANGOLA (British India Navigation Company) to Singapore (December 1947); FARELF School of Hygiene, Singapore (December 1947 - May 1948); the voyage from Singapore to the UK in TSS EMPIRE HALLADALE (May 1948 - June 1948); and commenting on army life, notably the conditions, the barracks, billets, medical inspections, inoculations and vaccinations, the rations, his duties and routine, the spit and polish, his kit, his initial and medical training, his officers and NCOs, the chaplain, guard duty, his pay, leave (LIAP), using DDT, anti-malaria precautions, the mail and his off duty entertainment, including dancing, the cinema, sightseeing, sport, the NAAFI, Nuffield Club and YMCA; the weather; life in a troopship, Burma and India; the local population, notably Anglo-Indians; Indian opposition to the war; the wildlife, including snakes and rat catching to prevent bubonic plague; the monsoon; escort at a court martial; Japanese POWs; the destruction by the RAF in Mandalay and Rangoon; shortages of equipment; celebrating Christmas (December 1946 and December 1947); Indian officers; demobilisation; tensions in Burma prior to Independence; and domestic news. Also included are a photograph of Sergeant Hart; a ms letter (2pp, November 1947) from his mother with domestic news; and two ms volumes (160pp) containing 'Notes on Sanitary Assistants Course, the Army School of Hygiene, Mytchett, April the 1st 1946' including army organisation for hygiene, duties and organisation of the Field Hygiene Section, the life history of the fly, lice, DDT, mosquitoes, fleas, bugs, rats, ticks, insects, inspections, disinfection and disinfestations, building hygiene, drains, the spreading of diseases, various diseases notably malaria, and the disposal of faeces, manure, refuse, and sewage; the ts Order of Service (1p) for Remembrance Sunday at St George's Garrison Church, Mingaladon on 9 November 1947; and a ts Order of Battle for the 17th Indian Division in Burma (1p, undated).
Content description
100 ms letters (January 1946 – June 1948) to his family in Sheffield recording his training in Edinburgh, Scotland and service as an NCO with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in the UK, India, Burma and Singapore, including initial training at Dreghorn Barracks in Edinburgh, Scotland (January 1946 – February 1946); selection for the Sanitary Section, RAMC and training at the RAMC Depot at Crookham Camp, Aldershot and attending a Sanitary Assistants Course at the Army School of Hygiene at Mytchett, Aldershot (March 1946 – May 1946); the voyage in HMT ORONTES to India via the Suez Canal to Bombay, India (July 1946 – August 1946); RAMC Depot, Deolali, India (August 1946 - ?October 1946); awaiting a ship to Burma in Barrackpore near Calcutta (October 1946); the voyage in HMT ETHIOPIA from Calcutta to Rangoon (October 1946); 4th British Transit Camp in Rangoon, Burma (October 1946 - November 1946); service with the 56th Indian Field Hygiene Section in Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma (November 1946- December 1946); 22nd Indian Field Hygiene Secton at Mektilla, Burma (December 1946 – March 1947) inspecting the sanitary arrangements of units and giving courses in hygiene to British, Burmese and Indian troops; 4th CMH, Mandalay (March 1947 – July 1947) and 5th Detachment, 1st British General Hospital, Mandalay (July 1947 – September 1947) training and inspecting units about hygiene and sanitation; 2nd Section Hygiene Inspectorial Pool, HQ Burma Command, Mingaladon near Rangoon (September 1947 – October 1947); BBDMS British Base Depot Medical Stores), Mingaladon (November 1946); escorting Japanese war criminals from Rangoon in the SS SANGOLA (British India Navigation Company) to Singapore (December 1947); FARELF School of Hygiene, Singapore (December 1947 - May 1948); the voyage from Singapore to the UK in TSS EMPIRE HALLADALE (May 1948 - June 1948); and commenting on army life, notably the conditions, the barracks, billets, medical inspections, inoculations and vaccinations, the rations, his duties and routine, the spit and polish, his kit, his initial and medical training, his officers and NCOs, the chaplain, guard duty, his pay, leave (LIAP), using DDT, anti-malaria precautions, the mail and his off duty entertainment, including dancing, the cinema, sightseeing, sport, the NAAFI, Nuffield Club and YMCA; the weather; life in a troopship, Burma and India; the local population, notably Anglo-Indians; Indian opposition to the war; the wildlife, including snakes and rat catching to prevent bubonic plague; the monsoon; escort at a court martial; Japanese POWs; the destruction by the RAF in Mandalay and Rangoon; shortages of equipment; celebrating Christmas (December 1946 and December 1947); Indian officers; demobilisation; tensions in Burma prior to Independence; and domestic news. Also included are a photograph of Sergeant Hart; a ms letter (2pp, November 1947) from his mother with domestic news; and two ms volumes (160pp) containing 'Notes on Sanitary Assistants Course, the Army School of Hygiene, Mytchett, April the 1st 1946' including army organisation for hygiene, duties and organisation of the Field Hygiene Section, the life history of the fly, lice, DDT, mosquitoes, fleas, bugs, rats, ticks, insects, inspections, disinfection and disinfestations, building hygiene, drains, the spreading of diseases, various diseases notably malaria, and the disposal of faeces, manure, refuse, and sewage; the ts Order of Service (1p) for Remembrance Sunday at St George's Garrison Church, Mingaladon on 9 November 1947; and a ts Order of Battle for the 17th Indian Division in Burma (1p, undated).
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