After the Korean War, the battalion is growing and set for a new challenge in the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesian Confrontation. Join us as we discover a period of history that would serve as a warm-up for the kind of jungle fighting the regiment would later experience in Vietnam.
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MALAYA, C1954. BATTERY CAPTAIN PETER BADCOE, 1 FIELD REGIMENT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, WHO WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR AN ACTION IN VIETNAM courtesy of AWM.
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