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*For the Indian Army, see [[Indian Army#Records|Indian Army-Records]]
Reference to hospital admittances in the service papers may give a clue as to where the soldier was fighting. For example, In April 1944 68 IGH [Indian General Hospital] was in Chittagong.<ref>Skoyen89. [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topicindex.php?threads/37255-122-field-battery-178-assault-field-regtraregt-r-a.37255/?p=705010 122 field battery 178 assault field regt.R.A] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref> Once the relevant regiment has been determined, War Diaries from the National Archives at Kew, if available, should give details of the regimental history for the period. Forums such as WW2Talk Forum, refer External links below, are often able to provide information and advice about service history queries and the obtaining War Diary copies.
*[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/ A World War Two Nominal Roll ] has been created by the Government of Australia to honour and commemorate the men and women who served in Australia's defence forces and the Merchant Navy during WW2. This can be [http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/PlaceSearch.aspx searched by place of birth] - eg India or Ceylon.
**[https://archive.org/details/DaggerDivision-StoryOfThe19thIndianDivision ''Dagger Division - Story of the 19th Indian Division''] Burma
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/113944 ''Eastern Epic Volume I''] 1951. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113944 Archive.org version]. Full title: ''Eastern Epic Volume I September 1939 - March 1943 Defence'' by Sir Compton Mackenzie. "The story of India's efforts during the war" Includes the activities of Indian forces in the various theatres-North Africa, the Near East and Southeast Asia. Volume I appears to have been the only volume published.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/119329 ''The March On Delhi''] by A J Barker 1963. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.119329 Archive.org version]. The title refers to Japanese plans for a "march on Delhi", following March 1944 when the 15th Japanese Imperial Army, supported by forces of the Indian National Army, crossed the Chindwin to invade India. Includes material supplied by Japanese commanders. The author served as an army air liaison officer during the siege of Imphal.*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/111189 ''A Roll of Honour: the Story of the Indian Army''] by Major General J. G. Elliott. Full title appears to be ''A Roll of Honour: the Story of the Indian Army, 1939-1945'', published 1965. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111189 Archive.org version].*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/505988 ''The Indian Engineers, 1939-47''] by Lieut Colonel E. W. C. Sandes 1956. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505988 Archive.org version].
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/CBI/index.html#burma-def Hyperwar: CBI Theater of Operations] from "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web".
:[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/index.html Hyperwar: Scroll to The China-Burma-India Theater] "Hyperwar: US Army in World War II"
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/219993 ''Indian Army Triumphant in Burma''] by Dr Anil Chandra 1984. Full title: ''Indian Army triumphant in Burma : the Burmese campaign, 1941-45''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.219993 Archive.org version].*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/206262 ''Burma During Japanese Occupation Volume II''] 1944. A government Burma Intelligence Bureau report, published at Simla. Pdf file to download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206262 Archive.org version].
*[http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/CrisisFleeting/default.htm ''Crisis Fleeting. Original Reports On Military Medicine In India And Burma
In The Second World War''] Compiled and Edited by
James H. Stone. Office Of The Surgeon General
Department Of The Army
Washington, D.C., 1969. Website of the US Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History
*[https://archive.org/details/ImphalFlowerOnLoftyHeights ''Imphal: A Flower On Lofty Heights''] by Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey Evans and Antony Brett-James 1962 Archive.org
*''Trek Back From Burma'' by W G Burchett, first published c 1943. Two different pdf files to download, Digital Library of India: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/102827 A], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175474 B] Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.102827 Archive.org version A]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175474 Archive.org version B]. The author was a journalist initially covered the Sino-Japanese War . Early in 1942 he covered the rout of British forces in Burma then from June travelled extensively through Kuomintang-controlled China and eventually returned to India through Burma.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/527961 ''Chungking Diary''] by D F Karaka. 1942. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/528002 ''With The 14th Army''] by D F Karaka, War Correspondent, ''The Bombay Chronicle''. 1944. A personal diary. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
