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Posted by Jonathan, Andy White talking about Peter Prentice's kukri; It was used through the whole time he spent in French Indo China.
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Indo China is well covered in JP's book 'First in Last Out'.
In the Potsdam Conference in July 1945 it was agreed to divide it into to two, Northern Sphere to the Chinese, and the Southern Sphere to the British.
The Emperor announced Japanese Surrender on August 14th 1945, on September the 2nd in Tokyo Bay, they signed the Surrender papers on the Battle Ship Missouri.
Once peace had been declared, during September the Gurkhas being the first in went to Indo China on the 12th September.
Question Jonathan; Which battalion and regiment was Peter Prentice in? and when did he join?
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Jonathan; Its clearly a ww2 era villiger piece from Nepal or heavily Nepali influnced & garrisoned areas {such as Darjeeling perhaps}, & interesting that the riflemenmen gave their esteemed officer such a clearly private purchase village kukri & that they had it ready to hand when official issue kukris would have been so easily obtainable from army stores? & they {the gurkha ranks.] clearly thought such a piece made a more valid piece to present to an Officer for field carry.they clearly valued such a fast & balenced native piece more highly than the officail pattern issue mk.w2 or mk.3 at the time.
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Jonathan that is all suposition, it could just as easily have been made by the armourers for him, on request of his orderly, who knows?