Lt-Gen Sir William Slim awarding the Military Medal (MM) to Sgt Jilalo Gafo, 11th East African Division, Burma. 9th August 1945.
Sgt Jilalo Gafo was a Somali from Galicho, Garissa District in Kenya. He Served in the King’s African Rifles: part of 11th East African Division, Burma, during WWII. He was awarded the Military Medal when KAR pushed the Japanese back through the Kabaw Valley, this took the offensive to the Japanese in 1944.