01308ntc a2200289 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025019001300066035001700079035001200096040001300108043001200121045001000133100001700143245008700160260001000247300002200257500003800279506004300317520029100360533001400651545020100665600003400866650005800900650004300958984001701001184442020020814160126.0020814s194219uubr 000 0 eng d1 a23820180 9000023820180 93262982 aANLbeng aa-br---1 bd19421 aEspie, F. F.10aLetter from F. F. Espie :bCalcutta, India, to Mrs Espie,fMay 1942h[manuscript]. c1942. a1 cm.a(1 folder) aManuscript reference no.: MS 9644 aAvailable for reference. Not for loan. aExtract from a letter dated 30 May 1942 from F. F. Espie to Mrs Espie. The letter describes the evacuation of troops and civilians from Namtu, Burma during World War II, in anticipation of imminent Japanese invasion. Espie describes in detail the 25 day journey from Namtu to Calcutta. aPhotocopy aGeneral manager of Burma Corporation Ltd in the 1930's. President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy from 1948. In 1975 the position was taken over by his son, Sir Frank Espie.10aEspie, F. F.vCorrespondence. 0aWorld War, 1939-1945xEvacuation of civilianszBurma. 0aWorld War, 1939-1945zBurmaxRefugees. aANLcMS 9644