In October 1919 Augustus Harold Stevens travelled to India on a three-year tour of duty with the 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade
Aside from taking us on an incredible journey to Baluchistan, ÔGusÕ also describes the day to day life of a soldier stationed in Quetta Cantonment, culminating in his transfer to Chaman on the Afghan border, GusÕs India Journal offers the reader a unique, active-participant insight of the experiences of an underage soldier beginning a three-year tour of duty as a rifleman of the British Raj.