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Robin Rowland volunteered at 21 and asked to be posted to India.
There, he would see action in the Burma campaign and in the decisive Battle of Kohima in north-east India.
As part of his officer training, he was given Urdu lessons to allow him to command his troops effectively.
We Were There aims to collect as many first-hand accounts as possible by 2025, the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, to preserve veterans’ accounts for future generations.