Gyles Mackrell
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Gyles Mackrell
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Gyles Mackrell DFC GM was a British tea planter known for organising a rescue of refugees retreating from the advancing Japanese across the Burma-India border during World War II. Mackrell was a shikari in Shillong, Assam with his own elephant transport business and also acted as an agent for the tea agents Octavius Steel & Co. On 4 June 1942, some refugees managed to cross the Dapha River, which had been swollen by monsoon rains, by forming a human chain and told Mackrell about the great diffi
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British tea planter
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2022-01-17T07:52:00Z
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