Key Information
Reference code
GRACEY 2/31
Title
Newsletters of 9 Battalion 14 Punjab Regiment, 32 Indian Infantry Brigade, Nov 1944 - May 1946, on Allied operations in Burma and French Indo-China
Date(s)
- 1944 - 1946 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
43pp
Scope and content
File containing quarterly typescript newsletters of 9 Bn 14 Punjab Regt, 32 Indian Infantry Bde from Nov 1944 to May 1946, including details on the Allied capture of Monywa, Burma, the crossing of the Irrawaddy river, Burma and the Allied capture of Rangoon, Burma; and typescript reports by Lt Gen John Alexander Kitson, Commanding Officer, 4 Bn 2 King Edward VII Own Gurkha Rifles, 32 Indian Infantry Bde, regarding 4 Bn 2 King Edward VII Own Gurkha Rifles operations from Feb 1945 to Dec 1945, including details on the disarming of Japanese forces around Saigon, French Indo-China (Vietnam), and sketchmap of Saigon area, French Indo-China (Vietnam). 43pp.