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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	"One More River" the Story of the Eighth Indian Division Remove from selection Add to selection Número del objetoM2003/031:003 Título"One More River" the Story of the Eighth Indian Division Creador War Dept. India H.W. Smith at the "Times of India" press DescripciónBooklet: "One More River" The Story of the Eighth Indian Division and its fighting role in the Italian Campaign. Contains descriptions of the battles and many photographs. 45pp. 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. Lugar de producciónBombay, India Fecha approximately 1945 Nombre del objetopamphlets Materialpaper Dimensiones width: 11.50 height: 15.50 Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Mark Braham

Número del objetoM2003/031:003

Título"One More River" the Story of the Eighth Indian Division

Creador War Dept. India H.W. Smith at the "Times of India" press

DescripciónBooklet: "One More River" The Story of the Eighth Indian Division and its fighting role in the Italian Campaign. Contains descriptions of the battles and many photographs. 45pp.

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.

Lugar de producciónBombay, India

Fecha approximately 1945

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Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Mark Braham

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