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CLOTHIER (Norman)
Black Valour: The South African Native Labour Contingent, 1916-1918, & the sinking of the 'Mendi.'
1st Ed., pbk., xvi+204pp., 22 photos., map. Pietermaritzburg: University of natal Press.
1987
#70315
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The story of South African Native Labour Contingent recruited in 1916 & 1917 for service in France. Some 20,000 volunteered of whom more than 600 lost their lives when the troopship 'Mendi' was rammed in the English Channel, as recounted in detail here including the evidence of survivors. Rare study only issued in this paperback form. VG.
£45
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