No5 in Malaya (photo)

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:19 pm

Taken during the Malayan conflict mid 50s. A photo from my friends, fathers, service in Malaya, probably taken on a range day.

More pics in Automatic Rifle forum if you are interested.

Joe

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mozark · Post by **mozark** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:39 pm

Thanks Joe. My No.5 is FMP marked, and I was moved to research the Malaysian Emergency because of it. Little awareness about it here in the US.

MM

joseyclosey · Post by **joseyclosey** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:24 am

Hi Mozark, i think it was referred to as a "police action" but it was quite a dirty war.

When i was a kid in the 60s a lot of the men in my village had served in Britains "quiet wars", Aden , Borneo, Oman, Malaya etc.

Joe