NAM.1968-06-9-1

Walking stick, 1945; polished redwood staff with a hard rubber ferrule; carved head in the form of a soldier standing at ease in tropical kit and bush hat; the staff flares out to form a plinth for him to stand on and below this is a silver plaque inscribed with the dedication to Maj Gen William Alfred Dimoline, CBE MC from 5th (Kenya) Bn King’s African Rifles. Dimoline commanded the 26th East African Brigade (of the 12th African Division) in Italian Somaliland and Ethiopia during the East African Campaign. During the Battle of Madagascar in 1942, he commanded the 22nd East African Brigade. His brigade carried out an amphibious landing on 10 September at Majunga, in the north-west part of the island. Later, he commanded a number of East African brigades in Burma, the 28th East African Brigade and then, on promotion to Major-General in 1945, the 11th (East Africa) Division.