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Essential Reading


The Autobiography of Charles Haswell Campagnac
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1941-1942 -  locations - Rangoon,  Mandalay, Myitkyina.
Excellent description of the Anglo-Burmese camp at Tongbo and also of Mandalay in the last weeks of British power.Edited and recently published by his grand-daughter,  Sandra Campagnac Carney.  Available in paperback or PDF download.

Through the Jungle of Death 
by Stephen Brookes - 1941-1942 - locations - Maymyo, Lashio, Mangshih (China), Bhamo, Myitkyina, Mile 102, Maingkwan, Shinbwyang, Pangsau Pass, India

And Some Fell by the Wayside 
Major Alasdair Ramsay Tainsh - 1941-1942 - locations - Pangsau Pass and Western Hukawng Valley.Unfortunately out of print and expensive second-hand copies,so we have provided a few extracts.

White Butterflies
by Colin McPhedran. - 1941-1942  - locations - Rangoon,  Maymyo,  Mandalay, Myitkyina,  Mogaung,  Hukawng Valley,  Shinbwyang,  Pangsau Pass,  India.  Widely available from many sellers and libraries.

Scots in Burma
by Alister McCrae - extracts regarding the Irrawaddy Flotilla's participation in the evacuation. Available in the Members' area

Forgotten Frontiers
by Geoffrey Tyson - The work of the Indian Tea Association
Available from:- Krishan Kumar, Spectrum Publications, Panbazar Main Road, P.O. Box 45, Guwahati 781 001, Assam


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