An Indian soldier knitting, 1946 (c)
Photograph, India, 1946 (c).
Naik Vilas Kulkarni of 17th Motor Transport, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, knits in bed while recovering in hospital from wounds sustained during the Burma campaign. Such activities kept soldiers occupied and helped them relax.
One of 233 official photographs collected by Captain Roy Wiltshire in his capacity as editor of the Indian Army Review. The photographs mostly concern the Indian Army, India and the Far East, 1943-1946.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1990-08-65-196
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1990-08-65-196
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