The name of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi features in the records
of the South African Amry.He served as a warrant officer.
At the onset of the South African War, Gandhi argued that
Indians must support the war effort in order to legitimize their
claims to full citizenship.
Pic of Mahatma Gandhi inArmy uniform can be seen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gandhi_Boer_War_1899.jpg