The 4th (Uganda) Battalion, The King's African Rifles, on a jungle trail, Burma, 1 June 1944

Photograph, World War Two, Far East, 1944.

Mules have long been used for transport in difficult terrain. They were ideal for carrying equipment and supplies through the dense and hilly Burmese jungle where the lack of roads restricted the use of motorised transport.

From an album of 608 photographs compiled by Colin Campbell of the King's African Rifles.