At Thika Station, Kenya, awaiting embarkation for an unknown destination, 11 March 1942
Photograph, World War Two, East Africa, 1942.
The 4th (Uganda) Battalion, The King's African Rifles, waiting to embark at Thika Station in Kenya, en route to the war against Japan in the Far East. They had already served with distinction in Ethiopia, helping to defeat the Italians.
From an album of 608 photographs compiled by Colin Campbell of the King's African Rifles.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1997-08-57--211
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1997-08-57--211
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