Category: Burma
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On the 80th anniversary of VJ Day
The O’Haras had lived in Burma from the 1850’s. Working in many occupations including doctors, in the police, in the administration of public works, forestry and in my grandfather’s case as a diver in the construction of the Rangoon Harbour. Around 100 were born there. It is estimated that in 1940 around 1 million Indians…