Chindits

[Pete Keane]

Here are the dates:

http://www.burmastar.org.uk/medal.htm

[daisynook]

It looks like my father-in-law spent a lot of his time in India and Burma in hosital.  One hospital quoted was BMH Coloba in 1945.  His unit was TBRE 5 Field Company 219 Field Park Company and he went out to India in April 1942.  It also states he Entered Concessional area in January 1944.

Does any of this pin him down to any particular area?

[Pete Keane]

Malaria, I reckon.

Can you scan the relevant pages and post them here (or email them to me if you dont want to post them) and they can be deciphered.

Pete.

[Pete Keane]

I put 219 field park company into yahoo and it came up with a few hits, including one from a BBC website from a member of the company.

[jimmyv]

It looks like my father-in-law spent a lot of his time in India and Burma in hosital.  One hospital quoted was BMH Coloba in 1945.  His unit was TBRE 5 Field Company 219 Field Park Company and he went out to India in April 1942.  It also states he Entered Concessional area in January 1944.

Does any of this pin him down to any particular area?

I am researching my father who served with 61 Air Supply Company RASC and was on the second Chindit campaign in 1944.  Prior to that he was stationed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), training the air despatchers.  He married my mother out there in 1943, she was a nurse at the RN hospital, COLOMBO - I am wondering if this could be the same hospital to which you refer. If you think it might be I have some photos which might be of interest.

[jimmyv]

It looks like my father-in-law spent a lot of his time in India and Burma in hosital.  One hospital quoted was BMH Coloba in 1945.  His unit was TBRE 5 Field Company 219 Field Park Company and he went out to India in April 1942.  It also states he Entered Concessional area in January 1944.

Does any of this pin him down to any particular area?

I am researching my father who served with 61 Air Supply Company RASC and was on the second Chindit campaign in 1944.  Prior to that he was stationed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), training the air despatchers.  He married my mother out there in 1943, she was a nurse at the RN hospital, COLOMBO - I am wondering if this could be the same hospital to which you refer. If you think it might be I have some photos which might be of interest.

I should have done this earlier.  There was a BMH Colaba - see this thread

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=rm9p12n5fd7ucg5v0u2paeb9c1&topic=409424.0

[daisynook]

   Thanks very much for this thread.