The Gambia’s last standing WWII veteran has fallen, JollofNews can report. Ebou Janha died on Friday in Brikama aged 102, sources said. Until his demise, he was the only living Gambian WW2 veteran who showed valour in the battlefields of Burma. He was part of Gambians who exhibited courage and[Read More…]
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The Last Warrior Of Africa’s ‘Forgotten Army’: Gambia And WWII
Ebou Janha, 102, is the only surviving veteran of 1 Gambia Regiment, which fought for the British fight against Japanese troops in then-Burma during the Second World War. On an early November morning, 102-year-old Ebou Janha rests a pair of pliers next to his jeweller’s anvil and collects his breath[Read More…]
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