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Rifleman Lachman Gurung

8th Gurkha Rifles

Date of Action: May 1945

Place of Action: Taungdaw, Burma

Date and Place of Birth:  30 December 1916, Dakhai village, Tanhu tehsil, Nepal, son of Partiman Gurung

Enrolled:  30 December 1940

Retired:  as Havildar, living in Nepal in 1997

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The picture to the left was taken ca. 1 July 1997, at the reunion of the VG and GC Association. At that point in time, Lachman Gurung was confined to a  wheelchair.

A link to Lachman Gurung on Mike Chapman's VC pages.