Pipeline ambush

Pipeline Ambush
Part of Malayan Emergency
Date22 June 1956
Location
Malaya
Result Australian victory
Belligerents
 Australia Malayan Communist Party
Commanders and leaders
Australia Unknown Unknown
Units involved

Australia Royal Australian Regiment

  • 2nd Battalion
 unknown
Strength
unknown unknown
Casualties and losses
3 killed
3 wounded		 2 killed

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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.