Pipeline ambush
| Pipeline Ambush | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Malayan Emergency | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Australia |
 Malayan Communist Party | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Unknown |
Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
3 killed 3 wounded |
2 killed unknown wounded | ||||||
| Background | |
|---|---|
| Battles | 1948
1950 1951 1954 1956 |
| Foreign involvement | |
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
- ^ http://se-asia.commemoration.gov.au/australian-operations-in-malayan-emergency/army-operations_the-pipeline-ambush.php
- ^ "LAST NIGHT'S CABLE FLASHES DIGGERS DECLARE WAR OF VENGEANCE IN MALAYA". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 June 1956. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "AWARDS FOR SERVICE IN MALAYA". The Central Queensland Herald. Rockhampton, Qld. 1 November 1956. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
