BRITISH FORCES IN THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY 1948-1960 BRITISH FORCES IN THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY 1948-1960© IWM (DM 146)

Friday, November 25, 2011

SINGLE PIONEER IN MALAYA

THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY 1948-1960

part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer 1952
A Senoi guard armed with a blowpipe on guard beside a Scottish Aviation Pioneer aircraft at Fort Kemar in the central mountain range of Malaya. Such forts protected the local population from raids by communist guerillas and also provided forward bases.

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