Corporal Gunga Gurung, veteran of the Borneo and Malaya conflicts, has a new photo to hang in the earthquake-resistant home we’ve built for him.
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After Gunga and his brother Kul featured in our recent article, one of our supporters recognised him from his time in the Army. The British Officer had served with Gunga in Malaya in the late 1960s and was kind enough to share their platoon’s group photo with us.
Corporal Gunga remembers Gurkha comrades
On our next visit to check on his house construction progress, we took along a copy of the photo for Gunga. After so many years, he could hardly recognise the young soldier he once was. He was delighted to point out old friends, including 1964 Tokyo Olympic boxer Ramprasad Gurung.
“This has brought back very fond memories. I will never forget this gift.”
Gunga was keen to pass on his thanks to his former Officer and was deeply moved by the memories the image evoked.
