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German infantry surrendering to men of New Zealand Bren carrier unit. A wounded prisoner can be seen riding in the back of the carrier, Jan, 1942

German infantry surrendering to men of New Zealand Bren carrier unit. ...

Office for Emergency Management photograph. British official photo - BM 7328. No. BO 747. Forms part of: Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

Mary Devlin, a forty-year-old Irish worker in a Bren gun plant

Mary Devlin, a forty-year-old Irish worker in a Bren gun plant

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Decorated for gallantry in action. Private Bukaro Frafra, Gold Coast Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, who has been awarded the Imperial Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry in the East African campaign. In April, 1941, as a member of a patrol sent out to find its way over a ravine and across a tank trap, he work his Bren gun forward to within fifty yards of the tank trap, inflicting seven casualties on an enemy party working beyond it. On April 1941, under very heavy fire, he was wounded but refused to give in. He stuck to his gun until it was knocked out of action and he was wounded a second time. He is one of the first three African soldiers to receive the Imperial Distinguished Conduct Medal

Decorated for gallantry in action. Private Bukaro Frafra, Gold Coast R...

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