- Contributed by听
- gmractiondesk
- People in story:听
- John Rathbone
- Location of story:听
- Allahbad, India
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A4497636
- Contributed on:听
- 20 July 2005
In 1941, I was stationed at an Royal Army Ordnance Corps at Allahbad in India. Every night from 7-8pm for about 6-7 months, I was taught Urdu by a local interpreter, and I became almost fluent. One night, two civilian workers carried on their shoulders a stout bamboo pole attached to which was a man held by his wrists and ankles - quite dead. He had been killed by a snake; I discovered what had happened because I could now converse in Urdu. The snake in question, called a krite, could coil itself in such a way that it was able to jump tremendous heights if threatened, and this poor man had come across the snake which had bitten him on the neck. Death followed very quickly.
John Rathbone, 15.7.5.
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People's War story submitted by Mary Forsdyke; John Rathbone is registered blind. He was a sergeant in the RAOC.
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