81st Pioneers


Subadar, 1912


The turban is khaki with a gold end. His tunic is scarlet with white collar and cuff. There are collar badges of crossed axes on each side. He is a Hindu and referred to in the list of King's Indian Orderlies of that year as Subadar Somoyya.


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