Series CHATER 4 - Papers, 1941-1946, relating to service as Military Governor and Commander of Troops, British Somaliland, 1941-1943

Papers mostly relating to Chater's service as Military Governor and Commander Troops, British Somaliland, May 1941-Feb 1943, including typescript order appointing Chater as Military Governor, British Somaliland, 9 May 1941; typescript report by Chater entitled, 'Report on Minor Operations in British Somaliland, Apr - May 1941', detailing operations after the reoccupation of British Somaliland by Allied troops; manuscript notes by Chater on a visit to the Sudan, typescript correspondence between Chater and Chief Political Officer, Political Branch, East Africa Command, Nairobi, relating to the formation of battalions made up of Somali soldiers, and supplements to The London Gazette, 1946 Jun-1946 Jul, drawn from despatches by Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, General Officer Commanding, Middle East, describing Allied Operations in the Somaliland Protectorate and East Africa, 1939-1941. 1 file.