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Pte. Thomas Snowball
British Army 1st Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:Shotton Colliery
Thomas Snowball was with his unit covering the retreat through Burma, he was lost in the jungle and found by Nuns at a Convent. He was with an officer called Vere Wheeler.
He weighed 6 stone when found, but was nursed back to health and re-joined the army in Darjeeling.