- Contributed by听
- A7431347
- People in story:听
- Kathleen Duncan
- Location of story:听
- Mandalay
- Article ID:听
- A7709312
- Contributed on:听
- 11 December 2005
In 1942 I was a border taking my Final Government Matriculation in a school in Maymyo near Mandalay, north Burma, in the hills. My parents lived in Rangoon. My father was the superintendent of the Rangoon Police Force, although he was born in Queenborough, and my mother was a Burmese lady. they married in Rangoon Cathedral. On March 27th 1942, the headmistress assembled all the pupils together and told us of the imminent war with Japan. We had to pack our bags and prepare to go to our families in the South. The school closed and the War Authority took it over.
This story was submitted to the People's War site by Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije and has been added to the website on behalf of Mrs Kathleen Duncan with her permission and she fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
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