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Description: | Ts letter (12pp) written to his father during service with the East Africa Mounted Rifles in German East Africa, 25 June 1916, describing how, the previous September, his unit had been involved in a skirmish with German and Askari troops which led to his wounding and capture; he refers to his generally good treatment as a prisoner of war, hospitalisation at Aruscha and then Moschi to recover from a leg wound, an operation on his leg at Korogwe Hospital after the wound became more serious and the excellent medical treatment he received there (Sister Burn, the English nurse who cared for him, later became his wife) and the liberation of Korogwe by Indian troops.
Cataloguer APR
Catalogue date 2005-07-18 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hilton, C K | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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