EAST AFRICANS IN BURMA...Sgt Makindi (Tanganyika) 'I' Sergeant of AKAR Bn is here seen giving some of the Bn Snipers lessons in Compass-reading. Sgt Makindi on a recent patrol managed to get back to HQ with all his men and the obtained information, in spite of the party being ambushed three times by Japs.
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NAM.1982-06-58-65
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EAST AFRICANS IN BURMA...Sgt Makindi (Tanganyika) 'I' Sergeant of AKAR Bn is here seen giving some of the Bn Snipers lessons in Compass-reading. Sgt Makindi on a recent patrol managed to get back to HQ with all his men and the obtained information, in spite of the party being ambushed three times by Japs. Photograph of Sgt Makindi, King's African Rifles, giving some snipers lessons in compass reading, Burma, 1944-1945. Typewritten inscription as title, and above photograph: '358'. 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).
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World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)
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