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hop0316 t1_j84pk2b wrote

Reply to comment by quantdave in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator

Yeah it’s pretty sobering, dying that way after making it through the war seems especially cruel as well.

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quantdave t1_j84qz2d wrote

Indeed, that made it all the more traumatic for those who'd made it through, and I think it's part of the reason it later faded from collective memory in the west (in India it's very much remembered): it was just too much for people to cope with.

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gayforager t1_j85xwb6 wrote

I laid flowers on the grave of a soldier by me who died 'of disease' on 12/11/18. Always think his is the saddest commonwealth war grave of all those in the cemetery

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