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Description: | Ts transcription of two diaries written during his service as a Medical Officer with the RAMC in East Africa, attached to the 1/3rd Battalion King's African Rifles (June 1917 - September 1918) and the 1/4th Battalion King's African Rifles (October 1918 - January 1919), the first (11pp) describing his unit's movements, encounters with the German forces, his sickness from dysentery and malaria, and continual reports of the whereabouts of Von Lettow's army; and the second (10pp) recording his service as Medical Officer to the 1/6th Battalion King's African Rifles, British Somaliland Expeditionary Force (December 1919 - August 1920), recounting the poor conditions onboard ship during the voyage to Somaliland, the British attack and occupation of the fort at Baran and the terrible bloodshed which ensued, and the movements of the Expeditionary Force in search of the 'Mad Mullah'.
Cataloguer APR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | King's African Rifles British Army Royal Army Medical Corps | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Murphy, M F | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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