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James Cyril Dalmahoy Allan: A Memoir.
By D.F. 1st Ed., vii+103pp., portrait frontis. Edinburgh: Privately printed by T. & A. Constable Ltd.
1927
#68386
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Allan was born in India, son of a rich planter, was Ed. at Rugby & the Univ. of Edinburgh. He became a doctor & was practising in Hong-Kong pre-war, having previously spent several years at Christmas Island. Efforts to gain military employment failed until his help was enlisted to round up candidates for the Chinese Labour Corps, & he went to France with the contingent where after some time he transferred to an RAMC unit. Contains a few letters describing experiences with the CLC &c. After ther war he returned to the East & died in HK in 1926. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. little rubbed, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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