 A medical unit from the Congo , the 10th ( Belgian Congo ) Casualty Clearing Station , was formed in 1943 , and served alongside British forces during the invasion of Madagascar and in the Far East during the Burma Campaign . The unit ( which had a small body of Force Publique troops for local defense of the station ) included 350 black and 20 white personnel , and continued to serve with the British until 1945 . 
