A recruit in water, 1943 (c)

Photograph, World War Two, India, 1943 (c).

A new recruit, dressed in full battle kit and armed with a Short Magazine Lee Enfield Rifle (SMLE), takes on a deep water obstacle during his training at the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry's regimental centre at Belgaum.

Photograph from an album associated with 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, compiled by Major C W Boultwood, 1943.