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The Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten talks to a senior NCO of the Kenya Battalion, The King’s African Rifles, who had distinguished himself in the fighting in the Kabaw Valley.
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Accession Number

NAM.1982-06-58-109

Description

Photograph of the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, talking to a senior NCO of the Kenya Battalion, The King’s African Rifles, who had distinguished himself in the fighting in the Kabaw Valley. The Askaris or soldiers of 11th East African Division, which included the Kenyans and the Ugandans of the King's African Rifles, proved notable jungle fighters, especially in the notoriously disease-ridden Kabaw Valley (‘Death Valley’) near the Indian border towards the end of 1944. Photograph of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander, South East Asia, talking to a senior African Non Commissioned Officer of a Kenya Bn, King's African Rifles, who had distinguished himself in the fighting in the Kabaw Valley, 1944-1945. Typed on caption above photograph: '395'; 'SUPREMO VISITS EA DIV.' Typewritten inscription as title, with '395/6'. From photograph album of 190 photographs associated with 11th East African Division and the King’s African Rifles, Burma, 1944-1945. Associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945).

Campaigns

World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)

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