MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Girsham, James Andrew Vivian (Jack)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Girsham​

• FORENAME

James Andrew Vivian (Jack)​

• UNIT

HQ (jungle guide/lead scout/interpreter)​

• RANK

Captain​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 27.1.1897 Pegu,Burma​

son of James and Minnie Girsham​

father born Secunderabad,India,mother Rangoon,Burma​

Customs Department,Burmese Government​

Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation (manager in Forest Department)​

Elephant Control Division,Burmese Game Department​

Northern Kachin Levies (2Lt - Captain)​

Merrills Marauders 18.2.1944​

474 Infantry Regiment (HQ) 1944-45​

American Typhus Commission 1945​

Burmese Army 1946-49​

big game hunter,Assam,India​

married 1st wife (1 son) (both died 1942)​

married Charmaine in Calcutta​

resided Calcutta,India​

settled in New Barnet,Hertfordshire,England August 1967​

autobiography Burma Jack (1971 with Lowell Thomas)​

died 9.3.1980 New Barnet,Hertfordshire,England​

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