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Mss Eur F644
- Record Id:
- 032-001609030
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001609030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000177
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F644
- Title:
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Papers of Maj John Frederick Arthur Mason (1920-2011), Assistant Adjutant 1942-43, Adjutant 1943-45, and Battalion Commander 1945 of No 8 Mechanical Transport Training Centre, Kharian, Gujrat, Punjab 1942-45. Papers relating to organisation, administration and activities of 8 MTTC and other ephemeral material.
- Scope & Content:
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1. Class notes and instructional literature issued to pupils at the RIASC school at Kakul (attended by subalterns on first arrival in India)
2. Papers relating to orgaisation, administration adn activities of 8 MTTC
3. Papers relating to Adjutants Law Course
4. Urdu language examination papers and related papers
5. Papers relating to Courts Martial
6. Four maps
7. Account books chiefly containing lists of payments, receipted bills pasted in, lists of letters sent
8. Photographs relating to 8 MTTC
9. Letters from former colleagues chiefly regarding his account of 8 MTTC and giving their own reminiscences
10. Correspondence and dinner menus relating to 8 MTTC reunion dinners
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001609030
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001609030
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 11 folders of loose sheets and 2 volumes of scrapbook
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1942
- End Date:
- 2002
- Date Range:
- 1942-2002
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by David Blake on behalf of Mrs Sally Mason, 21 July 2011
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Mason, John Frederick Arthur, army officer, 1920-2011
- Related Material:
- Mss Eur C858