With Project Ubique 300 underway, I feel that it is the best time now for us to share our artillery histories and stories. I had looked into the Australian War Memorial in Canberra Australia for links and I had found some material of 102 Bty RAA's operations in our confrontasi in the 1960s.
I am still browsing into the RA websites for their operations in Malaysia. Yes we can actually find very accurate artillery ORBATs and deployments in Mayalsia and Singapore during WW2 and the Confrontasi, but I have not found any writeups in what they did whilst they were deployed here.
I googled and came to THE FIREPOWER ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM website. This musuem had several very interesting interviews with RA officers who had served in Malaya and in the Confrontasi.
I wish to link to three very candid discussions in the Musuem's interview with RA Gunners who had served here.
Lance Bombardier Richard Paul Stephan's interview here
Major Leslie Bond's interview here:
Captain Peter Head's interview here :
Although the interviews were quite lenghty, the part when they had served in Malaya and the Confrontasi is very nostalgic.
There are also many Gunners and their impressive careers herein. Do read them if you have the time.
There are also many Gunners and their impressive careers herein. Do read them if you have the time.
Enjoy the links.
Allen Lai
Allen Lai
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