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Steve S.

Apr 1, 2023 - 6:56PM

"DEOLALI" June 46 ,5 WING.

Deolali was a British army camp 100 miles north-east of Mumbai (then called Bombay).

Ian Wright

Apr 1, 2023 - 7:39PM

Re: "DEOLALI" June 46 ,5 WING.

In a typical forces play on a name that's where the expression 'going doolali' comes from...There wasn't much going on there apparently and being stuck there waiting for a move was considered pretty boring....A bit like 'stir crazy'!!....Ian

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Ian Wright

Apr 1, 2023 - 7:46PM

Re: "DEOLALI" June 46 ,5 WING.

Originally the British Army had a sanitorium there for fever cases and 'going doolali' meant going mad, before the more general description of the stress caused by boredom induced inactivity....Ian

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Barry Ford

Apr 3, 2023 - 6:43AM

Re: "DEOLALI" June 46 ,5 WING.

I think the expression was 'doolali tap'

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Hamish

Apr 3, 2023 - 9:40AM

Re: "DEOLALI" June 46 ,5 WING.

Barry Ford

I think the expression was 'doolali tap'

Yes. Frank Richards describes the Doolali tap in his excellent book "Old soldier Sahib".

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Ian Wright

Apr 3, 2023 - 10:24AM

Re: "DEOLALI" June 46 ,5 WING.

My grandfather on my Mothers side was there during the war...Ian

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