Role of Malaya troops: Available to fight terrorists |
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| Title : | Role of Malaya troops: Available to fight terrorists |
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| Source : | Advertiser, 16 June 1955, p. 1, col. a-b | ||
| Date of creation : | 1955 | ||
| Format : | Newspaper | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Article announcing that the first Australian land troops to be sent to Malaya would be used for similar operations as the other Commonwealth forces already deployed. The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) was selected to go to Malaya and would be stationed in Penang. |
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| Coverage year : | 1955 |
| Period : | 1946-1979 |
| Further reading : | Bannister, Colin. An inch of bravery: 3 RAR in the Malayan Emergency, 1957-59, Canberra: Directorate of Army Public Affairs, 1994 Coates, John. Suppressing insurgency: an analysis of the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1954, Boulder: Westview Press, 1992 Dennis, Peter and Grey, Jeffrey. Emergency and confrontation: Australian military operations in Malaya & Borneo 1950-66, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin in association with the Australian War Memorial, 1996 Macdougall, Anthony. Australians at war : a pictorial history, Nobel Park, Vic. : Five Mile Press, 2002 |
| Internet links : | Australian Army History Unit [Department of Defence]: See: History & Battles: History Index: Malayan Emergency 1955-60 Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs]: See: The Great Search Stories: South East Asia 1950-1966 Australian War Memorial See: Australian Military History Overview: Malayan Emergency Sea Power Centre - Australia: See: History: Feature Articles: Malayan Emergency Victorians at War - Oral History project [Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Library of Victoria]: See: Overview: Malaya |
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