Harry Redgen's experience in Burma 1914-1916, item 75

• December 6, 2016 13:45:24 Jake Warren

  Sun. Jan. 31 1915
  

  Arrived Myitkyina about 9-o-clock & marched

  to some native Barracks at least they were called

  barracks but they were simply long sheds very

  dirty & over run with rats & lizards for a

  beginning we had a great meal of Bread & water

  & then had to go back to station to guard the

  baggage & ammunition which was brought to

  the Barracks on Bullock carts. At night we had

  nothing to sleep on except straw but we all

  slept very hard as we are just about tired out.

   

  Mon Feb 1 1915

   

  To day we were very busy getting prepared

  for opperations when we recieved a wire to

  say that things were looking very serious & we

  had to have ammunition served out (20 rounds

  for each man) & ready to march away at a

  moments notice every body very greatly

  excited.

• November 25, 2016 20:11:39 Sue Bryant

  Arrived Myitkyina about 9-o-clock & marched

  to some native Barracks at least they were called

  barracks but they were simply long sheds very

  dirty & over run with rats & lizards for a

  beginning we had a great meal of Bread & water

  & then had to go back to station to guard the

  baggage & ammunition which was brought to

  the Barracks on Bullock carts. At night we had

  nothing to sleep on except straw but we all

  slept very hard as we are just about tired out.

   

  Mon Feb 1 1915

   

  To day we were very busy getting prepared

  for opperations when we recieved a wire to

  say that things were looking very serious & we

  had to have ammunition around out (20 rounds

  for each man) & ready to march away at a

  moments notice every body very greatly

  excited.

  
  

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