My dad was a plumber and during World War II that was a reserved occupation so he wasn't called up. So during most of the war he also served in the Rescue Service, getting people out of collapsed buildings, sorting out damaged services. After about 4 years of war, he got sick of the Blitz and wanted to have a go back at the Germans. So he signed up. And sod's law, he got sent to fight the Japanese in Burma! And these are some photos he took.
Here, fun fighting - a Water Festival in Moulmein, South Burma *

en Route to Burma they passed through Palestine *

and then Karachi, then in India which was still part of the British Raj, now in Pakistan

burning ghats, Allahabad, India, a funeral pyre *

Maharajah or Manipur Palace in India, near the Burmese border *

Sentinel Hill Camp, Tulihal, India, near the Burmese border. Burma was also then part of the British Empire but had been invaded by Japan

London Blitz rescue squad
A.R. St Pierre, seated far right
for more on what happened to dad in the war, here
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State elephant

Rice Harvesting, Burma