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06-08-11, 08:03 PM
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A Well-Traveled British Soldier......
Again from the files of Life Magazine, the back of a british soldier in Hong Kong in 1949.A looooong army career.
Jo http://images.google.com/hosted/life...f534f0a714c3e0
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07-08-11, 04:12 PM
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British? it says ???th Indian Division.
Rgds, Thomas.
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07-08-11, 04:16 PM
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07-08-11, 04:21 PM
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5th Indian Division
Very approximately one third of the strength of an Indian Inf Div of the period was British. The balance being Indian and, in some cases and mix of Indian and Gurkha. For example: In 4th Indian Inf Div in late 1940, six of the 13 major units in the Div were British (1, 4 and 25 Fd Regts RA and 1 RF, 2 Camerons and 1 R Sussex. The Div Cav was Indian (Central India Horse) and the remaining six Inf Bns were all Indian.
The gazetteer on his back looks like a listing of most of 2011's most dire trouble spots. Little changes!
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07-08-11, 04:22 PM
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07-08-11, 05:37 PM
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Hello Mike. Just click ,in the left bottom, of the photo on "back to image details" and it will send you to a page where you can access some more HK photos.
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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