The Road Home
Object numberM2003/031:002
TitleThe Road Home
CreatorBritish Ministry of Defence
DescriptionBooklet: "The Road Home", Issued to British servicemen, WWII, describing the overland route from Austria to England for soldiers going on leave. Includes a map. Also enclosed a "special prayer". Signed by Gen R. McCreery, Army Commander for Veterans of African and Italian campaigns.
Mark Braham was born in London, England on 27 September 1921. During the Second World War he served as an infantry officer and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
He was a student at Cambridge University in 1940, when he left to join a Young Soldiers’ battalion formed to prepare for an expected German invasion after Dunkirk.
He was recommended for commission and sent to Sandhurst in 1941. Mark Braham was commissioned to the Queen’s own Royal West Kent Regiment in September 1941. In 1942 he volunteered for attachment to the Indian Army. He was posted to the Indian Military Academy and then to the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) and volunteered for the 153 Gurkha Parachute Battaltion in 1943. Mark Braham was posted to a Gurkha battalion in Italy in January 1944 where he served throughout the Italian campaign with both the Gurkhas and West Kents until the German surrender. He was wounded in action twice suffering gunshot flesh wounds. In 1945 he was posted to Northern Ireland and then to the Parachute Regiment Infantry Training Centre. Mark Braham was demobilised in July 1946.
Mark Braham was born in London, England on 27 September 1921. During the Second World War he served as an infantry officer and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
He was a student at Cambridge University in 1940, when he left to join a Young Soldiers’ battalion formed to prepare for an expected German invasion after Dunkirk.
He was recommended for commission and sent to Sandhurst in 1941. Mark Braham was commissioned to the Queen’s own Royal West Kent Regiment in September 1941. In 1942 he volunteered for attachment to the Indian Army. He was posted to the Indian Military Academy and then to the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) and volunteered for the 153 Gurkha Parachute Battaltion in 1943. Mark Braham was posted to a Gurkha battalion in Italy in January 1944 where he served throughout the Italian campaign with both the Gurkhas and West Kents until the German surrender. He was wounded in action twice suffering gunshot flesh wounds. In 1945 he was posted to Northern Ireland and then to the Parachute Regiment Infantry Training Centre. Mark Braham was demobilised in July 1946.
Production placeUnited Kingdom
Production periodWorld War II (1939-1945)
SubjectHolocaust
Object namepamphlets
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 15.00
height: 20.50
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Mark Braham