Title:BRITISH WEDDING IN BATAVIA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 470
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Major William Butler-Jenkins, of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps attached the 23rd Indian Division, marries Lieutenant Sheila Joan Lush of the British Red Cross, at a service in Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) with the divisional and corps commanders in attendance.
Description: Indian guard of honour standing to attention (two shots). Close-up of an Indian Viceroy's Commissioned Officer, commanding the guard, at the salute. Guard of honour presents arms as Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Christison, commander Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies, arrives at the church by car. A second car, marked with the 'fighting cock' insignia of 23rd Indian Division, arrives at the church. The bride (wearing a veil of 200-year old local Dutch lace, according to the dopesheet) steps out, escorted by Major-General Hawthorn, the divisional commander. Indian soldiers laying out a (rather narrow and dusty) red carpet. A piper of the (probably 1st Battalion) Seaforth Highlanders plays as the bride and groom leave church. Bride and groom on the church steps with General Hawthorn in the background. Medium close-up of the bride and groom. Party walking along the red carpet. Bride and groom into a car which drives away. Christison leaves the church with two other officers.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Walter, Ernest Henry1919Family origin: Barry, Glamorgan, South Wales (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Christison, Philip (person)
Hawthorn, Douglas Cyril (person)
Butler-Jenkins, William Henry (person)
Indian Army, Royal Indian Army Service Corps (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 23rd Indian Division (regiment/service)
British Red Cross Society (regiment/service)
British Army, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
Allied Occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
