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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 14, 1940.

SHANGHAI LAD JOINS EAST SURREYS

Evacuating Shanghai.

We

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Page

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1935

38847

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Morris 10 Saloon

1934

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1934

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1936

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Studebaker Champion Coupe

1940

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1940,

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1934

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some very good news Alms here, | showing · Spitfires attacking the German bembers, ele, and af- though I know, there is a certain. amount of propaganda included, it

them in action...

CONDITIONS AS A recruit with the East Sur- reys in Singapore and an adventurous expedition cernly does me good to tez through the jungle at night, when the lorry in which the party were riding got lost, are described in a letter received by the parents of one of the Shanghai boys who recently left to join up. After certain probation and training in the ranks, recruits. from Shanghai will be given an opportunity to ob- tain commissions, the letter says. The letter follows:-

:

"It is very, very muggy at prezent, and even as I am writ- Ang I hear, thunder in the dia- tanos, co. I expect wa shall, get come rain to relieve the heat., I 'am very sunburnt, and If 1 continue as I am I shall be black In another three months.

"The Surreys will be moving to wooden huts in a short while- just as I was beginning to like living in a tent and I shall be ncarer town then.

"

"Since last week., nothing of and the sound perfect. It is a any importance has happened.ewly-built cinema and is con- In my last lctter I was enlisted sidered the best in the Army. How I am still in with which

in Singapore I have been eating a lot of I em in complete pesanmas

. (the small, 'sweet the same position.

agreement, We also saw pictures 'bananas) coconuts, pineapples. of the British soldiers marching etc. I have not seen any, durians down Nanking Road when yet."

"The day after I posted my last letter I went to the Eust Surrey's stores to draw part of my kit. The stores are located about 20 miles away, so you can imagine the long ride I had. We left at about 4 pan. and got to our destination at 4.45 p.m.. after riding through jungles. swamps, etc., etc., rather like u scene taken from Trader Horn .or 'Sanders of the River!'. On The way back it Was very dark by then--the driver, who did not know the country very well, having only just come from Shanghai. took a wrong turning. and we found ourselves deep in thick jungle. and in my imagiza- tion. I could almost hear the crocodiles-or are they alligators?

snapping their javis! We saw dozens of monkeys in the trees, chattering away like 1 bunch of old women, and eyeing us with suspicion. It was great

trying

to get out of that 171320, and eventually we struck a" road which was known to the driver, When we got back to camp wo found that they were getting rather worried about us. and I im sure if we had been away for another hour 41′ 30 there would have been a search party sent out for us.

Winding Roads

"To give you an idea of the winding roads we took. 1. must mention that one mament the moon was in front of us. then it would swing round to the leit, and after dislippearing into.........a cloud, appear at our rear. After that, we would find it was on our right, and so it went 017. All this was on the one rond, not as you may think, ou dif ferent ones.

"Once I am settled down-- this phrase is getting somewhat stale, isn't it?—I shall be given sa chance of a commission. After serving for three months in the ranks, and if the Com- manding Officer thinks you are suitable; ал opportunity will be given in the Officers' Training Corps. where training will be given for the purpess of taking sa 2nd Lieutenant's commission. Won't it be grand if I manage to get one pipl "Yesterday we had a bit of excitement in camp. Somebody had emptied a tankful of gasoline on to the ground, and about ten minutes afterwards 2 cigarette end was thrown there by onc of the soldiers passing by. Im- medintely a sheet of flame en- veloped the petrol-soaked ground, and threatened the tents. As I was near the scene, I saw the start of the fire and felt the terrific heat. When the fire call was sounded, thế mên came run- ning up from all directions and commenced to fight and pre- vent the tents, cars, etc., frem being burnt. I helped by shovell- ing sand and mud on to try to smother the flames. At one stage the excitement ran high when it was

seen that one of the army trucks was surrounded by fain's and it was feared the tank would explode. However, by hard and quick shovelling the flames were completely put out. and though the truck was badly scorched, the tank did not explode, for which we were, thankful,,-,

Better Cinemas

"I went down town yesterday with a couple of chaps and saw. the picture Earthbound' at the Cathay Theatre. The show-wag quite good and the shorts were, -excellent, not like the trash some- times shown-in-Shanghai, The theatre is simply, wonderful! The lighting effects were marvellous,

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