East Africa by Motor Lorry. Recollections of an Ex-Motor Transport Driver [1928, British Army]
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- Title
- East Africa by Motor Lorry. Recollections of an Ex-Motor Transport Driver [1928, British Army]
- Author
- Motor Lorry Recollections
- Publication year listed
- 1928
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- Public domain eBook
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East Africa by Motor Lorry. Recollections of an Ex-Motor Transport Driver [1928, British Army]
Author: W W Campbell (William Wallace)
Year: 1928
William Wallace Campbell served in the East Africa theatre of the First World War from 19 November 1917 to 11 February 1919. A bookseller’s information about the book includes “ Engaging reminiscences of the WWI campaign in Tanganyika and Mozambique”. The IWM catalogue entry for this item includes tags for East African Motor Transport Coy., British Army transportation service; Army Service Corps transport units. The Army Service Corps transport units, including motor ambulance convoys, which served in the East Africa theatre are listed on page 326, Chapter X "The Campaign in East Africa", The Royal Army Service Corps A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume 2 by Colonel R H Beadon 1931 Archive.org. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284463%2Fpage%2Fn381%2Fmode%2F2up_It_seems_that_Campbell_would_have_belonged_to_one_of_the_mentioned_units._His_work_appears_to_have_included_ambulance_work._The_outcome_for_some_of_the_men_sent_from_England_is_mentioned_on_p_age_170_The_East_African_Force_1915-1919%3B_an_unofficial_record_of_its_creation_and_fighting_career%3B_together_with_some_account_of_the_civil_and_military_administrative_conditions_in_East_Africa_before_and_du