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BY PETER TORRANCE
(Submitted by his son, Barry Torrance)

January 1st 鈥� 7th Still in B.M.H. Calcutta. (Malaria).

January 7th Left Calcutta for Dimapur. (Manipur Road).

January 10th Arrived Shenam (The Saddle).

Jan 11th 鈥� Feb 6th Still In Shenam.

Feb 7th Father died in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Feb 8th Visit by Lord Louis Mountbatten.

Feb 9th to 19th Still In Shenam.

Feb 20th Was granted Compassionate leave to go to Colombo to see my Stepmother.
Found I could not fly from Imphal due to evacuation of casualties from Burma, so I travelled by Road, Rail, River and Sea.

Feb 27th Arrived Colombo 10 a.m.

Feb 28th First day of Leave.

March 2nd Visited the graves of my Father, Mother, and Brother in KANATTA General Cemetery COLOMBO.
March 3rd 鈥� 8th On Leave.

March 9th Left COLOMBO 1935 for TALAMINAAR.

March 10th Crossed PALK STRAITS to DHANOSKHODI in Southern India.

March 11th When changing trains at MADRAS I met a Madrasi R.I.A.M.C. Officer who had just returned from the U.K. having spent the whole of the war in a hospital in EDINBURGH.

March 12th 鈥� 18th Return journey by Rail, River and Road from MADRAS to WANJING where the Bn had moved to in my absence.

March 19th 鈥� 31st In WANJING.

April lst Japs astride MANIPUR Road between DIMAPUR and IMPHAL.
(At this time the KOHIMA garrison were holding out against the Japanese).
We had 6 weeks supplies of Food ammunition etc in the IMPHAL area. More was to come in by air later.

April 2nd 鈥� 9th Still in WANJING.

April 10th Left WANJING 0700; arrived Pt 2727 read aide 1600. I went by Jeep but the Coy had an 18 mile march.

April llth Left Pt 2727 0700.
Had a terrible climb for the first couple of miles after which the gradient became less steep. Arrived track/dried up stream channel. Pt 6466

April 12th Left Track/stream channel at Pt 6466 0630;
Left this position at 1900 and marched all night.

April 13th Left the point we reached (Pt 7275) at 0600. It was a terrible night march in spite of there being a bit of a moon.
Rested up for the day. Left this Pt 1830.

April 14th Arrived at bottom of spar. Rested up for the day and then marched along bed of stream (dried up) to arrive at Pt 7483 at 1730 hrs.

April 15th Attacked KASOM 0530.
'C鈥� Coy led the attack. Killed 2 Japs and wounded 2. Own casualties Nil from the attack but Lt. Roxburgh killed by Jap sniper afterwards.

April 16th Took over from 鈥楤鈥� Coy at 'Hot Spot' at 1600 hrs.
Japs attacked our perimeter all night.
Estimated Jap casualties 30 killed. Own Casualties 2 killed 3 wounded.

April 17th Six Jap bodies were found outside our perimeter in the morning. I got a Mauser Pistol off one and Pte McFadd & 13 platoon a Sword each.
Took over 'A' Coy position 1600 hrs.

April 18th 13 platoon blitzed.
Became peaceful except for some small fire by our enemy.

April 19th In Harbour.

April 20th Took up Ambush position 2230 hrs. Unfortunately no Japs came.

April 21st Took up new position on PUNJABI HILL.

April 22nd Nothing much happening.

April 23rd Still all quiet.
April 24th Left KASOM 0700. Held up by enemy fire near LAMMU. More Japs killed. Own casualties 1 killed 7 wounded.
"C" Coy attacked and took LAMMU 1700hrs.

April 25th All quiet. Except that the Japs opened up with their Bn Artillery from behind overlooking hillside. No casualties.

April 26th Left LAMMU 1600 for "Hot Spot".

April 27th Left 'Hot Spot" for Bn. harbour at Pt 6988 1830 hrs. Terribly hard going.

April 28th Arrived Pt 6988 0530 left 0730. Arrived Paddy Field near RINGU 1300 hrs. Harboured for the night.

April 29th Left Paddy Fields 0830. Arrived Pt 6426, RK 6593 1900 hrs. Terrible Journey through very thick jungle.
April 30th Left Pt 0593 0600. Contacted 'A鈥� Coy 1030. Left "A" Coy position 1130. Bumped Japs Pt 6339 1600hrs. More Japs killed (7 certs); Own casualties 1 killed 5 wounded. (The one killed was, I think, a L/C Fox, my Bren Gunner who was killed by a sniper who we managed to deal with. I buried L/C Fox on the hillside by the track. Whether he was ever transferred to the Kohima Cemetery 1 do not know, although I have enquired.)

May lst Left Pt 6339 0945. Arrived back at Bn. Harbour 1300hrs.
Had a marvellous 'snack-up" as we had had no food for 2 days.

May 2nd Left Bn Harbour which was in a dried up chaung at Pt 612882 at 0730.
Arrived at WANJING 1630 hrs.

May 3rd to 8th At WANJING.

May 9th Transferred to "A" Coy as 2 I/C.

May 10th to 14th Still at WANJING.

May 15th Moved to YAPO.

May 17th Left YAPO and returned to WANJING.

May 18th to 20th At WANJING.

May 21st Returned to YAPO.

May 22nd My 25th Birthday. Went to SHILLONG HILL.

May 23rd to 28th Back again at WANJING.

May 29th Went on to SCRAGGY.

May 30th to 31st Still on SCRAGGY.

June lst Left SCRAGGY for PATIALA HILL.

June 3rd to 5th Still on PATIALA HILL.

June 6th OUR SECOND FRONT OPENED. Applied for appointment as G.S.O.II to Consulate Secretariat S.E.A.C.

June 7th Still on PATIALA HILL.

June 8th Left PATIALA HILL for SHILLONG HILL.

June 9th to July 4th Remained on SHILLONG HILL. (Our trenches on one side of this hill linked with the Jap trenches on the other!!!)
June 5th Left SHILLONG HILL for a place near KAKCHING.

June 6th to 21st Remained near KAKCHING.

June 22nd Left Brigade Hill for River Bank prior to attack on NIPPON and MORGAN鈥橲 Peak.

June 23rd Lay up at foot of PEPPERPOT.

June 24th "D鈥� Coy attacked NIPPON and MORGAN鈥橲 Peak. Took both objectives, the latter unopposed.

June 25th Remained on PIMPLE between NIPPON and MORGAN鈥橲 PEAK.

June 26th Left PIMPLE to lie up on MOMBI/TAMU read track, but held up by Jap sniper so had to bed down on the road.

June 27th Pressed on and occupied HARVEST HILL which was unoccupied and which overlooked the LOCKCHAU River.

June 28th Returned to BULLOCK BOX prior to proceeding to CALCUTTA and NEW DELHI.

June 29th/30th At BULLOCK BOX.

June 31st Left BULLOCK BOX for DIMAPUR.

Aug lst/2nd Travelling from DIMAPUR TO SEALDAH (CALCUTTA).

Aug 3rd/5th In CALCUTTA.

Aug 6th Reported to No 42 War Office Selection Board (Permanent Commission) at No 3 G.H.Q. TALLYGUNGE, CALCUTTA.

Aug 7th/8th In CALCUTTA.

Aug 10th Left HOWRAH (CALCUTTA)

Aug 11th Arrived DELHI & reported to Rear H.Q. 11 Army Group.

Aug 12th Reported to Colonel Phillpots, Director of Army Welfare.

Aug 13th Started an Staff Captain (Welfare) Rear H.Q. 11 Army Group.

Aug 14th to Nov 2nd Staff Captain (Welfare), New Delhi.

Nov 3rd Went down with another dose of Malaria.

Nov 4th to 13th Still down with Malaria.

Nov 14th Contracted Jaundice.

Nov 15th Filled in repatriation Form.

Nov 16th to 26th Still in NEW DELHI.

Nov 27th Left NEW DELHI for DEOLALI.

Nov 28th On Train.

Nov 29th Arrived DEOLALI and was vaccinated.

Nov 30th Left DEOLALI for Bombay but returned to Deolali the came day. Don鈥檛 know why but could be the Army System?

December lst to 7th Still at DEOLALI.

December 8th Left DEOLALI for BOMBAY and EMBARKED FOR U.K ON R.M.S "Strathaird".
(Charlie Reeves, of our Coventry Branch was also on this vessel and also had Malaria and Jaundice. Didn't know this until we net up at our Branch Meetings. Small World, isn鈥檛 it?)

The End of my Burma Campaign and that of the 1st Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders, who also left BULLOCK BOX in August and returned to INDIA to train for the recapture of MALAYA.

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