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3 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Kills Chin Peng’s Courier During Operation Ginger.
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Subject :3 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment kills Chin Peng’s Courier During Operation Ginger.
Published By : None
Location : Sungei Siput, Perak
Estimated Year : 1958
Media Type : Photograph
Source : Dato Seri Yuen Yuet Leng
Remark : A page from Dato Seri’s album on DCM Choy Tai Tei, who was shot dead by the RAR when the rebel was in transit through the Lintang Armed Work Cell (AWC), apparently with a message from Chin Peng to Communist Committee Member (CCM) Siu Mah to consider withdrawal of troops to the border.
BCM Chee Meng and his wife, believed to be Chan Na Na, were also killed in the incident which happened on the 20th of November 1958.
The page includes 3 pictures of the dead rebels on the right and on the left, Lt Colonel John White with Captain J Hughes at the 3RAR Tactical Headquarters in Sungei Siput during Operation Ginger.
3 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) arrived in Malaya in September 1957. Theoretically based at Minden Barracks, Singapore, the three rifle companies operated primarily in the jungle. Their first operational task was to join Operation Shark North, a search and security mission that aimed to destroy the communist influence in the Kuala Kangsar and Upper Perak districts.
In January 1958, the battalion joined Operation Ginger, aimed to disrupt food supply by searching the areas between terrorist bases and food stores. Ginger was waged across an estimated area of 3,100 square kilometers, searching for approximately 170 terrorists and 24 hostile native inhabitants, involving jungle tracking, searches and setting ambushes.
Operation Ginger was ultimately a success, and when it ended on 21 April 1959, Perak was declared a safe area. (adapted from www.diggerhitory.info)
To find out more about CCM Siu Mah, click here.
To find out more about Choy Tai Tei, BCM Chee Meng and Chan Na Na, click here.
To find details of the book Operation Ginger, click here.
BCM Chee Meng and his wife, believed to be Chan Na Na, were also killed in the incident which happened on the 20th of November 1958.
The page includes 3 pictures of the dead rebels on the right and on the left, Lt Colonel John White with Captain J Hughes at the 3RAR Tactical Headquarters in Sungei Siput during Operation Ginger.
3 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) arrived in Malaya in September 1957. Theoretically based at Minden Barracks, Singapore, the three rifle companies operated primarily in the jungle. Their first operational task was to join Operation Shark North, a search and security mission that aimed to destroy the communist influence in the Kuala Kangsar and Upper Perak districts.
In January 1958, the battalion joined Operation Ginger, aimed to disrupt food supply by searching the areas between terrorist bases and food stores. Ginger was waged across an estimated area of 3,100 square kilometers, searching for approximately 170 terrorists and 24 hostile native inhabitants, involving jungle tracking, searches and setting ambushes.
Operation Ginger was ultimately a success, and when it ended on 21 April 1959, Perak was declared a safe area. (adapted from www.diggerhitory.info)
To find out more about CCM Siu Mah, click here.
To find out more about Choy Tai Tei, BCM Chee Meng and Chan Na Na, click here.
To find details of the book Operation Ginger, click here.
Filename : 20081217-048