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1942(Oct 8) Stampless envelope to Bournemouth, Hants from 10980 Marine A.R. Cutler, Royal Marine Detachment 300 with red Tombstone From H.M. Ship / Passed by Censor signed & dated by Censoring Officer & with Mute RECEIVED FROM / H.M. SHIPS applied on arrival…With the rapid advance of the Japanese & the fall of Malaya & Singapore British authorities were concerned with regard to the Indian Ocean the result being that M.N.B.D.O. (Mobile Naval Border Defence Organisation) was set up in April 1942 primarily using Royal Marines & it is believed that R.M. Det. 300 was a Engineering Battalion probably involved in the construction of an airfield on Addu Attol in the Maldive islands..