ABDA-CBI-SEAC. Book thread.

Discussion in 'Books, Films, TV, Radio' started by wtid45, Nov 3, 2010.

  1. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    And finally as with two of the above, one I have been after for a while... my Brother in laws Dad served with 2/2 indp commando and this is there story this had been covered elsewhere before on the forum. IMG_20170706_205911.jpg
     
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  4. Steve Mac

    Steve Mac Very Senior Member

    Is this the same Eric McCrindle?

    Name: McCrindle, Eric John
    Rank: Captain
    Service No: ABRO/441
    Date of Death: 15/02/1944
    Age: 32
    Regiment/Service: Army in Burma Reserve of Officers
    Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
    Panel Reference: Face 111.
    Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL
    Additional Information: Son of John Foote McCrindle and Nora McCrindle, of Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire. B.A. (Cantab.).
     
  5. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Some nice titles there and some amusing reading to come with Jungle, Jungle!!
     
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    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    C8CE8FB9-250B-49F5-A765-27CD27A648E3.jpeg Acquired this recently I know Steve has volume 3, I have been looking through it this week and has to be said I’m seriously impressed the story of David Nelson alone makes the book worthwhile... now do I buy the other 5 vols?
     
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    wtid45 Very Senior Member

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    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    BE464E38-68D4-4C5F-B20C-96EA6080BA9E.jpeg Also picked this up today, there is I believe mention of Snowy on the forum by Ron.
     
  11. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Hi Mate,
    Please let me know if this has any value over and above Longlegs. It would be great to add to my knowledge of both men.

    Cheers

    Steve
     
  12. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    Hey Steve, will do, and would appreciate your view on the postal history book above... your volume that is unless you have any of the others? Cheers Jason.
     
  13. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Hi Jason,
    I've only read through Vol 3 as it had useful information about the POW's of Rangoon Jail, including examples of postcards sent to and from the jail in 1944, although some of these were not issued to the prisoners until much later. These books are extremely well presented and illustrated, but I think you would need to be very interested on the subject matter to collect all 5.

    As you mention the efforts and foresight of David Nelson in recording the personnel taken prisoner by the Japanese and their subsequent movements, was an incredible achievement.
     
  14. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    Ok have now read Longlegs and Lost Warriors back to back, first of all both books convey very well the kind of man Seagrim was...he was certainly not the Kind of soldier that followed regimental lines and his religious beliefs played a great part in his relationship with the Karen’s( The Karen’s given the passage of time and post war events not yet happened in LL do have more coverage in LW) and yet he had no qualms in taking the war to the Japanese, you can’t help but wonder just what he would of achieved had he survived.Lost warriors offers little.....to add to what Longlegs tells us of Seagrim bar pictures that were not in Longlegs however the brief mention of Ras Pagani in Longlegs gets given half the book in LW and offers much to add to the glimpse we are given in LL,having said that I have not read The Flame of Freedom by Robert Hammond which tells Pagani’s story.
     
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  15. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Thanks Jason. Sounds like it would be a 50-50 decision for me to purchase Lost Warriors, as I do have a copy of Flame of Freedom and Pagani's SOE file from Kew. Still, Xmas is upon us, so you never know.
     
  16. sol

    sol Very Senior Member

    So since my last update on this thread, 8 moths ago I've read "Operation Rangoon Jail" by K.P. MacKenzie, "Horse and Foot" by Alec Harper, "Fighting Destroyer" by G.G. Gonnell.

    "Operation Rangoon Jail" is a first book I read about PoW in the Far East and mostly because MacKenzie was captured at Sittang in 1942. It is a good book, if that is appropriate word as it describe a horrible condition in which PoW lived and died during their imprisonment in the Rangoon Jail. I read some stories before but I never knew full extension of Japanese mistreatment of their captives.

    Alec Harper served in the 9th Royal Deccan Horse before the war and book give good insight in the life of the Indian cavalry regiment in the days before the war. As his regiment didn't take part in any active war operations till 1945, Harper volunteered for Chindits and ended as a officer in the 3/9th Gurkha Rifles. Eventually he will take command of the battalion and lead through the rest of 2nd Chindits and later in the Dutch East Indies.

    "Fighting Destroyer" is a story about HMS Petard, destroyer which spent most of her war service in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. In 1944 Petard sunk Japanese submarine I-27 after it sunk troop ship SS Khedive Ismail with a loss of 1297 passenger. Book provides a good account of the event.

    Also recently succeeded to get a nice copy of Pat Carmichael's "Mountain Battery" but I'm still reading it.
     
  17. Orwell1984

    Orwell1984 Senior Member

    Came across this book while searching for something else.
    Relatively cheap and looks at a very little known aspect of the Pacific War:
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    https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1976323789/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2U777AXN7OZNT&colid=XIVH9ILEJ4RE&psc=0
     
  18. Warlord

    Warlord Veteran wannabe

    Mate, any opinions on Carmichael's will be greatly appreciated! :)
     
  19. sol

    sol Very Senior Member

    No problem, I'll give my review as soon as I finish it.
     
  20. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    RAF Liberators over Burma (subtitle: Flying with 159 Squadron)

    Well I just finished this book, and what an enjoyable and lovely read it was. Matt has formulated the book just brilliantly, using the main resource, Bill Kirkness' diary to great effect. Based on Bill's countdown of 30 + Operational tours over Burma and Thailand, the reader can sense the slow build up of tension as he slowly moves towards the magical figure of 300 operational hours.

    Matt has used his great knowledge of the subject matter to add more information and detail to the story. One aspect I particularly liked was learning of Bill's artistic leaning, in painting nose artwork onto some of the Liberators he and his RAF pals flew in. Sadly, when two of his recently painted aircraft were involved in accidents, Bill began to feel superstitious about continuing this tradition.

    RAF Liberators Over Burma is well worth reading.
     

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