map case
Object numberM2007/003:008
Titlemap case
DescriptionThis is Mark Braham’s army map case used by Mark during the campaign in Italy. Mark Braham claimed that a bullet caused the hole in the case during a battle he was engaged in. The case also contains 5 coloured pencils. (the case is part A, The Blue pencil is part B the black pencil is part C the green pencil is part D the red pencil is part E and the yellow pencil is part F. There is a bullet hole through the map case. It was worn by Lieutenant Braham when, as an intelligence officer for 1/5 Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) he walked into a German machine gun nest on 14 May 1944. Braham was wounded in the thigh and escaped by crawling into a ditch during a thick fog. He was later found by a Sikh patrol and evacuated.
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 placeEngland
Production date circa 1942
Subjectmilitary service, uniforms, military equipment
Object namecases
Dimensions
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Mark Braham