Description
Object description
Small ms diary (with 26pp ts transcription) kept during his service with the 14th Army in Burma, detailing his movements from embarkation in the DUCHESS OF BEDFORD (March 1943) for training in Africa, noting the perilous journey from Mombasa to Ceylon due to U-boat activity (February - March 1944), his reaction on hearing about the loss of the troopship SS KHEDIVE ISMAIL, his travel to Chittagong, suffering with malaria, his involvement in fighting near the Chindwin River (late 1944), to his evacuation back to the UK with malaria (June 1945) giving details of his movements until his demobilisation (February 1946); together with his Soldier's Service and Pay book, Release book, certificate of inoculation against Yellow Fever, a printed copy of the jungle ration suggested menu, two items of currency, a photograph showing a group of soldiers, and a copy of the order from Major General C C Fowkes (15 February 1944) relating to the loss of men from the troopship SS KHEDIVE ISMAIL.
Content description
Small ms diary (with 26pp ts transcription) kept during his service with the 14th Army in Burma, detailing his movements from embarkation in the DUCHESS OF BEDFORD (March 1943) for training in Africa, noting the perilous journey from Mombasa to Ceylon due to U-boat activity (February - March 1944), his reaction on hearing about the loss of the troopship SS KHEDIVE ISMAIL, his travel to Chittagong, suffering with malaria, his involvement in fighting near the Chindwin River (late 1944), to his evacuation back to the UK with malaria (June 1945) giving details of his movements until his demobilisation (February 1946); together with his Soldier's Service and Pay book, Release book, certificate of inoculation against Yellow Fever, a printed copy of the jungle ration suggested menu, two items of currency, a photograph showing a group of soldiers, and a copy of the order from Major General C C Fowkes (15 February 1944) relating to the loss of men from the troopship SS KHEDIVE ISMAIL.
History note
Cataloguer MLA