Oww, goodie - recommending books is my favourite hobby
If you really want to know about Burma I would recommend the bible:
Burma: The Longest War, 1941-45 by Allen
And for the Chindits:
Signal Honour: With the Chindits and the 14th Army in Burma
There's a lot of info available on the net and a good place to start is:
http://www.burmastar.org.uk/ http://www.chindits.info/
As for service records, make sure to ask for photocopies of the originals - otherwise you get a typed summary which isn't always very useful.