Description
Reprint of East Africa by Motor Lorry: Recollections of an ex-motor transport driver by William Wallace Campbell, originally published 1928.
Includes biographical detail, the War Diary for 18 Motor Ambulance Convoy May 1917 ~ June 1918 and a foreword by Harry Fecitt, MBE, TD.
William Wallace Campbell served in the East Africa theatre of the First World War from 19 November 1917 to 11 February 1919.
In addition to the official work he was employed to do, Campbell shares with the reader his experiences of the local people, fauna and flora, what the men did for relaxation and how they coped with the stress of being in a strange country and conflict zone.
Philip Orr –
This is an excellent/compelling read and I struggled to put the book down until I finished reading it!