7. Early War Years

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As I have indicated, I tend to think of the start of the World War 2 period as being the 26th September 1938, and I have included in Chapter 4 a few diary notes I made at the time.   I worked very hard at college and during my early army days, and I simply had no...

9. Kenya Dec 1943 – Feb 1944

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14 Dec 1943 Arrived EAEME Depot, Karen, near Nairobi. 24 Dec.1943 Moved to 41 AA Workshop Co, EAEME, Mombasa, then Likoni. 7 Feb 1944 Moved to Diego Suarez The diary notes of 6 December 1943, written aboard the Salween, turned out to be my last produced during the war...

10. Madagascar Feb 1944 – Mar 1945

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My move from Mombasa to Diego Suarez was on the 7 of February 1944 and I was accompanied by Major Eaton, the head of 41 AA Workshop Coy. This trip – by BOAC Sunderland flying boat – was my first experience of air travel. I was to relieve Capt Bevan, in...

11. East Africa and Ethiopia 1945 – 1946

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In my letters I referred only briefly to the journey back from Diego to Mombasa on Wednesday 7th March.  It was again by BOAC flying boat.  This was a plane which flew fairly low, and the part of the trip I found interesting was that up the East African coast – “Vast...

12. Réunion and Related Matters

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Réunion is a tropical volcanic island at the southern end of the Mascarene Ridge in the Indian Ocean.  Slightly larger than neighbouring Mauritius, 100miles farther east, it is oval in shape and around 30 miles from NE to SW, 45 miles from NW to SE.  The island is...
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