EAST AFRICANS IN BURMA.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1982-06-59-95

Description

EAST AFRICANS IN BURMA. Photograph showing the Brigade Commander and staff studying a Japanese hand grenade, Burma, World War Two (1941-1945), 1944-1945. A Sapper Sergeant had come across a 'Molotov Cocktail' and Japanese hand grenade. He immunised them and brought them back to the headquarters 'Box' for a closer examination. The 'Cocktail' was made up of a bottle of tar and other 'little surprises'. Associated with Brig M W Briggs and the 11th East African Division and the King's African Rifles. From photograph album of 147 photographs, 1944-1945.

Campaigns

World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)

Associated collection