Pipeline ambush

Pipeline ambush
Part of Malayan Emergency
Date22 June 1956
LocationMalaya
Belligerents
Australia 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Malayan Communist Party
Casualties and losses
3 killed
3 wounded
2 killed
unknown wounded

The Pipeline ambush took place during the Malayan Emergency. An Australian patrol of five troops were ambushed by communist forces. A firefight ensued where other Australian troops came to assist. Three Australians were killed making it the most costly Australian involvement of the Emergency.[1][2][3]

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.