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New Zealand Special Air Service troops in Malaya
New Zealand Special Air Service troops with a Bristol Sycamore helicopter of the Royal Air Force. Photograph taken by a New Zealand Army photographer in Malaya, circa 1955-1960, during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960).
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference no: M-3097-F
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the Library through its Timeframes website
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image
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Hi , I was att: to the 13/18 hussars Ipoh North Malaya , July 1959 , we went on ops , and spent a month in tents on the Gapis rubber Estate just south of tiaping , we had some Australian Armoured core men att: to our unit who bought a armoured saloon car off a rubber estate manager and used our scammel to lift the armoured shell off .
All the best John Jennings Ex R.E.M.E.
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