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1939 (Feb 23) Plain envelope by airmail to East Surrey Regt, South Barracks. Khartoum with Soudan & Sudan added in red forwarded to Colchester, Essex & then to Army P.O. Shanghai bearing KUT 15c & 5c tied faint Tabora-Kigoma / TPO cds & with large Khartoum / D (30 Mar) transit cds with on reverse Khartoum / A (23 Mar) + Wadi Halfa (2 Apr) transit cds & on face Army Post Office / 1 (3 May) arrival cd …………………… 2nd Batt. East Surrey Regt. sailed for Shanghai Oct 38 & later in Aug 40 were sent to Singapore, in Feb 41 they were sent to Northern Malaya under 11th Indian Div & fought their way south to Singapore losing over a third of their strenght only to be interned as POW’s shortly afterwards upon the surrender to the Japanese