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Biography
Captain Hamish Brown led a company of Cameronians in the gruelling Burma campaign against the Japanese. A Glasgow schoolteacher before the war, he was killed leading a charge against a Japanese bunker position near Kohima in 1944, one of the turning points of the Far East war.
Biography (Russian)
Капитан Хэмиш Браун командовал ротой Камеронцев в тяжёлой Бирманской кампании против японцев. До войны учитель из Глазго, он погиб, ведя атаку на японский бункер под Кохимой в 1944 году — одном из переломных моментов войны на Дальнем Востоке.
Awards & Decorations
- ★Military Cross
- ★1939-45 Star
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