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Pipeline Ambush

Part of Malayan Emergency

Date	22 June 1956
Location	Malaya
Result	Australian victory

Belligerents

Australia

Malayan Communist Party

Commanders and leaders

Unknown

Units involved

Royal Australian Regiment

2nd Battalion

unknown

Strength

unknown

Casualties and losses

3 killed
3 wounded

2 killed

v t e Malayan Emergency
Background	Cold War in Asia Communism in Malaysia
Battles	1948 Sungai Siput Lau Yew Batang Kali 1950 Labis Penang Bukit Kepong Semur River Briggs Plan/New village 1951 Fraser's Hill 1954 Termite Nassau 1956 Pipeline Baling
Foreign involvement	Australia New Zealand Southern Rhodesia
List of weapons Category Commons

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[edit]

^ "Australian involvement in South-East Asian Conflicts | the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) | Australians on Operations | Army Operations | the Pipeline Ambush". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-11-12.

^ "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.