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Photograph: Jemadar Bombadier Gurune, Gurkha Regiment, January 1944. The Gurkhas proved to be excellent jungle fighters during the Burma campaign. For example, 3rd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles, 3rd Battalion, 4th Gurkha rifles and the 3rd and 4th Battalions, 9th Gurkha Rfles, all took part in the Second Chindit Expedition of 1944. Other Gurkha units fought in the swamps and forests of the Arakan. One of a collection of photographs showing the Arakan Front, Burma, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945), January to May 1944. From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.

Arakan Campaign, 1942-44 (World War Two, Far East 1941-1945)