Regimental Sergeant Major Awaleh Farah of the Somaliland Camel Corps, 1933 circa (b/w photo)

Regimental Sergeant Major Awaleh Farah of the Somaliland Camel Corps, 1933 circa. Photograph, East Africa, 1933 circa. Like many other colonial units, the Somaliland Camel Corps was staffed by British officers and locally recruited soldiers. The Somalis had a long tradition of using camels as they were ideal beasts for the dry climate and barren terrain of their country. Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) Awaleh Farah was the senior non-commissioned officer (NCO) of his unit. From an album of 63 photographs compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel H B Holt, Somaliland Camel Corps, 1933-34.