The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mealing speaks of his service background (RAN and 3 RAR Korea); introduction to 3 RAR; training for the Malayan Emergency; impression of the state of 3 RAR; 'professionals' among the warrant officers and NCOs; briefing on the strategic circumstances of British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve and the Malayan Emergency; 3 RAR training near Holsworthy and at the Jungle Training Centre (JTC) Canungra, Queensland; transit to Malaya by the troopship 'New Australia'; training at the Far East Land Forces (FARELF) Training Centre Kota Tinggi; 3 RAR accommodation in Minden Barracks, Penang Island; guarding the married quarters; weapons, clothing and equipment issued; Support Company's organisation for operations and communications; initial impressions of the operational environment: nature of movement in the jungle; elusiveness of the communist terrorists (CT) and their support from local communities; lack of CT contacts and occupied campsites; experiences as a forward scout; weapon/fire discipline to avoid clashes with own troops; firing from the hip or the shoulder; searching for signs of CT movement; use of Iban trackers and patrol/tracker dogs; resupply on operations; minimising threats to health; living and eating in the jungle environment; reducing individual loads; fitness and weapon skills of surrendered enemy personnel (SEP); nature of conventional training; leave and hospitalisation for hepatitis; employment of forward scouts as specialists; section/platoon strength; humorous events in Support Company; a trying exercise - having to do runs in standard steel-shod boots after weeks of patrolling in light rubber jungle boots; life of single soldiers when not on operations; the desirability of the two-year accompanied posing for the Emergency; staying with the Australian High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur; outstanding 3 RAR characters - the battalion commander and his platoon commander (Lt Pip Newman); other experiences in Malaya and some in South Vietnam.
Carroll speaks of his experience of being a platoon commander in 17th National Service Training Battalion following his commissioning through OCS Portsea, before joining 3 RAR at Ingleburn NSW; his im
White speaks of the selection of officers for 3 RAR's service in Malaya; the usefulness of his previous posting to Headquarters Far East Land Forces Singapore to commanding 3 RAR in Malaya; impressio
Thompson speaks of his military training prior to joining 2 RAR in Australia; 2 RAR in terms of individual and collective operational experience; 2 RAR's perceptions of its operational roles in Malaya
McFarlane speaks of training at the Jungle Training Centre (JTC) Canungra, South East Queensland; his repostings from 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Kapooka, New South Wales through to joining 2 RAR
Mansford speaks of training especially through the Jungle Training Centre (JTC) Canungra; personalities of C Company 2 RAR - relationships and reinforcements; briefings on the British Commonwealth Far
Fletcher speaks of his service background and training prior to joining 2 RAR; the state of 2 RAR and its manning when he arrived; the training of 2 RAR and other commitments at Enoggera Camp, as 2 RA