Men of the Nyasaland Battalion, The King's African Rifles, with a Vickers machine gun, 1944 (c)

Photograph, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945), 1944 (c).

The askaris depicted include Corporal Lusiasi James with his gun crew, Lance-Corporal Josefe and Private Amosi. All were from the British protectorate of Nyasaland (now Malawi).

From an album of 147 photographs associated with Brigadier M W Briggs and the 11th East African Division.