Item
Identifier:
2023_08_02_001
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.ufv.ca/sasi/
Date
1940s;Estimated dates
Extent
4 p. of textual records
Format
textual record
Description
Narrative of Michael Norbury's war years in India and abroad, starting from 1939. The narrative desribes various events from his training days to fighting in the war front. He also expressed his views about Hitler's actions, racism in the British Indian Army and widespread of diseases like malaria, and typhus.
Location
India
Language
English
Notes
Michael Norbury's emergecy officer number was EC 133, he was one of the first emergency officers in the British Indian Army.
Geographic locations discussed in the textual record: Prayagraj (Allahabad), India; Belagavi (Belgaum), India; Mirzapur, India; Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Imphal, India; Assam, India; Kabaw Valley, Mayanmar (Burma); Irrawaddy River, Mayanmar (Burma); Karachi, Pakistan; El Adam, North Africa
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Indian soldiers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009004946];Malaria [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080038];Typhus fever [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139169]
