photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2004-10-179-79

Description

Group photograph of members of 84 Chindit Column at a native village, 1944. Photograph was taken during Operation THURSDAY in Burma April to September 1944. Pictured, top left to right, are Flt Lt Frank, Royal Air Force, 2/Lt Keith A P Liddy, York and Lancaster Regiment, Lt Neil Douglas. Centre, left to right, are 'Wilson' [?], Lt Vincent, capt C G O Boog, 13th Frontier Force Rifles attached Burma Rifles, Lt Col P H Graves Morris, DSO, MC, Commander of 84 Chindit Column, 'Shiel', Lt Pearce, Lt Frank Luxa, 2nd Bn York and Lancaster Regiment. Bottom, left to right, are 'Masson', 'Dobury', Lt McMillan and Capt Peter Vasey. From a photograph album of 131 black and white photographic prints relating to the service of Frank Luxa, 2nd Bn, The York and Lancaster Regiment, with 84 Chindit Column in Burma during Operation THURSDAY, April to September 1944. Associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945).

Events

THURSDAY, Operation, 1944 (World War Two, Far East 1941-1945)