American Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan (Commander of the Burma-India Theatre) presents the Bronze Star to four British soldiers at 36th Division HQ, Burma.

Lieutenant-General Sultan presents the Bronze Star to Captain I B Seckie of the Royal Artillery, Captain W H Todds of the Royal Corps of Signals, Regimental Sergeant-Major H N Brockless of the 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment and Rifleman Bandebire Thapa of the 1st Gurkha Rifles.

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Summary: Dopesheet records home addresses: Sandsdowne Lodge, Bath; 36 Underhill Road, Dulwich, London; 37 Watermead House, Kingsmead Estate, Homerton, London; Saipa Village, Okhaldunga District, Nepal.

At this point 36th Division (commanded by Major-General F W Festing) was part of Northern Combat Area Command (NCAC) under Lieutenant-General Sultan. NCAC was a multi-national force comprising Mars Task Force (American and Chinese) and two Chinese Armies (New First Army and New Sixth Army) in addition to 36th British Division.