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10th BELGIAN CONGO CCS SERVING WITH 11 (EA) DIVISION/ TROOPS IN BURMA.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1982-06-59-45

Description

10th BELGIAN CONGO CCS SERVING WITH 11 (EA) DIVISION/ TROOPS IN BURMA. Photograph of a man of the 10th Belgian Congo CCS, performing maintenance work on a vehicle, Burma, World War Two (1941-1945), 1944-1945. Associated with Brig M W Biggs and the 11th East African Division and the King's African Rifles. From photograph album of 147 photographs, 1944-1945. The 10th CCS served in Burma with the 11th East African Division. The latter incorporated battalions of the King’s African Rifles and other forces from Kenya, Uganda, Nyasaland (now Malawi), Somaliland (Somalia), Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Tanganyika (Tanzania). The Africans proved extremely hardy and tenacious in several battles, both as combatant soldiers, medical staff, and carriers.

Campaigns

World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)

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