Photos Malayan Emergency, Indonesian confrontation and the War in Borneo.

[Bombardier]

Two Wessex helicopters of No 848 Naval Air Squadron in flight over the Borneo jungle, 18 June 1965.
The Indonesian Confrontation 1965-1966.

 

[Fish&Chips]

While operating in Borneo during the Indonesian Confrontation, a soldier is winched up to a Westland Wessex HAS3 of 845 Naval Air Squadron

A patrol of the 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) searches for rebels in the jungle of Brunei

Australian soldiers are being ferried in a small craft, possibly a DUKW, near the troop transport HMAS Sydney on its arrival in North Borneo (Sabah). The ship was carrying army units and their equipment to Malaysia under Australia's increased Defence aid program. The men are probably members of the 7th Field Squadron or 111 LAA Battery.

 

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Indonesian Confrontation. Sarawak, Borneo. 1965. Sergeant Hugh Cross (left), checks that the L4A4 Bren gun being held by Private Ron Breward is cleared of ammunition as they return to their 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), forward company base from a border patrol. Pte Breward also served in Malaya and Singapore during the Malayan Emergency. Photo by William James Cunneen. [AWM CUN/65/0826/MC]

 

[BravoZulu]

Borneo. 1965. Armed with an L4A4 7.62 mm Bren light machine gun, Private Graham Fox of 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), walks through dense vegetation whilst on a clearing patrol.

 

[morris]

2/9886 Pte Lawrence J Hodder aged 19, of Cowra, NSW, 1RAR, showing a Bren Mk 1 light machine gun to Busu Alang, a local tribesman, who is armed with a blowpipe. Pte Hodder also served with 3RAR.

Dog handler Pte Douglas John Fieldhouse (left), of Woodside, SA, and his coverman Pte Peter D Lamb (right), of Albion, Qld, with Goldie the tracker dog during a jungle patrol in North Borneo. Image by William Cunneen, c. 1965.

Three members from 3 RAR on an early morning patrol. Identified, front to back: 2411349 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Andre L Dor, of Woy Woy, NSW; Private Oscar Johnson, of Port Adelaide, SA; Lulut, an Iban tracker from the Sarawak Rangers. Image by William Cunneen, c. 1965.

 

[morris]

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Australian SAS patrol in Borneo. The unit enters a village at 0:20 to have tea and a chat. This was a vital means of building trust with local people and, in return, getting to hear rumours about enemy activity
(Source: Australian War Memorial)

 

[digrar]

We actually started conscription up again for Borneo, but then Vietnam really kicked off and the Confrontation settled down quicker than anticipated.

 

[guest0001]

Men of a Light Regiment of the RA fire an Italian-made L5 105mm pack howitzer (Oto Melara 105mm Mod 56) from a position somewhere in East Malaysia, on the Island of Borneo, during the Indonesian Confrontation, circa. 1964.

The Mod 56 pack howitzer was originally designed for Italy's Alpini mountain troops and fired standard US / NATO 105mm M1 shells.

It was lightweight, air-portable and could bebroken down into convenient loads for transportation when necessary.

In British service it was usually towed by a Land Rover.

(IWM)

 

[BravoZulu]

Diggers from 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) on patrol.

 

[BravoZulu]

Trophy of their action in the Malaya jungle, a banner carried by the Red guerrilla troops, is exhibited by three British soldiers who captured the flag in a fierce action, in which Liew Kon Kim, notorious Communist leader, and two other Red Terrorists were slain.

 

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Indonesian Confrontation. 1966. Private Ross Guldbransen, 2nd Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), waits in a bamboo grove for a helicopter extraction, after completing a Claret (cross border) operation against Indonesian forces in North Borneo. Pte Guldbransen also served in South Vietnam with 1st Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) from 1967 to 1968. Photo by R. L. Guldbransen. [AWM P05221.007]

 

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The SAS waiting to board for Operation Termite, Malay 1954.

 

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Lieutenant John Bawden, Royal Navy picking up members of a Gurkha patrol in the Malayan jungle during operations in the Malayan emergency, 1956.
( Lieutenant Bawden was sadly lost in November of the same year whilst ferrying supplies, his Helicopter suffered a mechanical failure mid air... RIP )

 

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Malayan Emergency. c 1956. Private Jock Stewart of D Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), grabs some kip after five hours of jungle bashing. He is on an eight day ambush patrol searching for Communist guerillas in the jungle of Perak. Photo by Phillip Hobson. [AWM HOB/56/0497/MC]

 

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Malayan Emergency. January 1956. Soldiers of A Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), return from two weeks of jungle bashing and enjoy a well earned cup of tea in a rubber plantation in Southern Kedah. Photo by Phillip Hobson. [AWM HOB/56/0250/MC]

 

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Wessex HAS.1 wa54 Reg. XP103 845NAS coded W-B converted to HAS.3 in 1967.

 

[BravoZulu]

2nd Lieut. RA in Sarawak, Borneo from start of February 1965 until end of October 1965.

He was in 4th Regt. Royal Artillery armed with the 105mm Pack Howitzer in support of 2/10 Gurkha Rifles followed by 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regt.

They were based in the jungle near to Kampong Stass. Their battery HQ was in the small town of Bau and the Regimental HQ in Kuching.

 

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the police talk to an old Malay man who may have information about communist groups in the area. April 23, 1949

Malaysian police officer in Fort Brooke

propaganda drop over the Malaysian jungle

SAS on patrol

SAS néo-zélandais en patrouille. avril 1957

New Zealand soldiers looking at a wanted poster. April 1957

New Zealand soldiers buying corn from civilians. January 1958

room of New Zealand soldiers. January 1957

Malaysian soldiers. 1955

patrol. July 27, 1958

English patrol with dogs. January 1958

dog trainer and his dog. April 1957

New Zealand SAS and British Para in the jungle. January 21, 1955

 

[uktabber]

Once again lads, GREAT photos for the site of this action......THANKS for sharing!!

 

[BravoZulu]

Indonesian Confrontation. June 1966. Soldiers from 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, move from hut to hut in a village as they carry out a routine patrol along the Malaysian-Indonesian border.