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Oral history interview with Maj Alastair Henry Johnstone Dunlop
audio cassette, oral history, sound record
Accession Number

NAM.1993-03-66-2

Description

Second of two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj Alastair Henry Johnstone Dunlop, Bombay Grenadiers, Royal Artillery and Royal Corps of Transport (TA), 1938-1973. Dunlop served his ULIA year in 1938-1939 with 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment before joining 1st Bn Bombay Grenadiers, transferring to the 3rd Bn in January 1940. He was involved in the motorisation of the 1st Bn, and served in Burma at various dates between 1943-1945, including the Battle of the Admin Box and the Fall of Mandalay. After service with the Punjab Boundary Force he transferred to the British Army, serving in the Royal Artillery until 1958, and 1968-1973 as Admin Officer of 219 Sqn RCT (V) at Doncaster. Interviewed by Peter Boyden, 10 March 1993.

Campaigns

World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)

Events

Admin Box, Battle of the, 1944 (World War Two, Far East 1941-1945)