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	The photos below belong to Paddy Bacskai and the Western Australian Branch members.
	Barry Sharman, presenting member George Wiseman, age 96, ex Thai-Burma Railway and Malayan Emergency, with his National '10th Anniversary' Certificate of Appreciation at his home in Duncraig.
	Bernard Bruton UK NMBVA visiting WA Branch (Whitfords) May 06. L-R: Barry Sharman, Paddy Bacskai, Bernard & Darby Munro.
	Malayan Emergency Police Lieutenants Roy Follows & Noel Dudgeon, bogged with their Willys jeep JA 6178 near the Thai-Burma border in 1958, and on their epic 17000km overland journey home to the UK after they had completed their stints. The jeep had been bought at a Singapore scrapyard, equipped with ration packs and water, and with hand held compass' and obselete maps the only means of navigation. Roy and Noel finally made it after many months and an equal amount of close encounters, and their adventures published in "Four Wheels & Frontiers" by Roy Follows.
	A jungle platoon of the 1st Suffolk operating around the Kajang area in Selangor 1951 and the personnel of 8Pl C Coy after the Battalion's 100 & 101st terrorist kills in August. With these, the Suffolk achieving the fastest ratio of CT KIA of any Battalion in situ for the period. (Tony Rogers)
	3RAR landing in Borneo during the Indonesian Confrontation in March 1965.
	A year 2000 thumb sketch of the old 1955-61 RAR (Royal Australian Regiment) operational HQ & Base area during the Malayan Emergency. Down from the west roundabout and past Padang Polo (now Golf) and the Sungai KK bridge and although abandoned and overgrown and fast encroach on by tenaments as in 2000 - the entry point off Jalan Kenas (Bruas Rd), the old guard room step, camp loop road, the stairway to the C Coy lines (in scrub) and the old tree by the HQ & Armskote as well as some ablution tanks were still identifiable and recognised. But as the campsite is now completely shielded by thick overgrowth, this as at the time, the entry point at the 2km mark must be looked for. The old Police Station & Rex Theatre north of the clock tower still stand, but the Cathay Theatre & Queens Bar approx 200m east from the roundabout, have been demolished for warehouse and shop use. Rough Scale: Camp Site - Perak River 2.5km. Photos: Comparison of the KK camp road 40 years apart!
	A Twin Pioneer (TEP or Twin Pin) of 209 Sqn RAF shuttles Gurkhas into a forward area during the Indonesian Confrontation. As with periods of the Malayan Emergency & along with helicopters, both the Twin & Single Engined Pioneer A/C took the brunt of the STOL (Short Landing & Take Off) tactical taskings in these conflicts. Photo contributed by Ces Crook.
	Receiving and Dedication at St Marks Chapel of the "Whitfords WA" Banner (Theo Harris & Paddy Bacskai in attendance)
	Merdeka Day 2005 WA Branch Merdeka Day Ceremony at the Kings Park State War Memorial in Perth WA and attended by dignitaries, the State Warden of the Memorial and the RSL. Merdeka Day is celebrated on its Anniversary of the 31st of August each year. The Malaysian Consul is seen addressing and thanking the WA Branch and RSL regarding the Ceremony just concluded.
	The Royal Marine 2002 Batu Gajah Tour Party meeting with Malaysian Veterans of the Emergency & Confrontation Wars. Colonel Roger Little DA and the RM Group Leader John Marston can be seen in the front row. Photo courtesy of Jim Lyons RM (6th from right sitting
	The grave of Australian planter John Ritson killed by CTs in Seremban in early 1954 (one of a series of similar killings) and erected 'In Loving Memory' by his daughters. Today 50 years on from the time. He was the victim of a well placed ambush of 25 CTs whilst on plantation inspection accompanied by his driver and two SC Police escorts. All but the driver were killed or WIA.
	A "Pig" armoured truck and Humber Dingo (Australian variant of the Ferret) Scout Car of the 1st Battalion the Suffolk Regiment in situ in the Kajang area of Selangor around 1950. The Pig was notorious for its humidity and discomfort in the tropical climate. (Courtesy Tony Rogers)
	My mob of 7Pl C Coy 1RAR (not SAS!!) as being extracted from LZ Canberra
	Our LZ Sydney 'J' pad at Fort Ungek (named after our Pl Iban tracker 1959)
	Westland Whirlwind supports at the Grik (Gerik) strip & which was out forward Bn base cum springboard for Ops into our Aussie AO on the Betong Salient: Sydney & Canberra were our C Coy (1RAR) forward field bases etc.
	From Arnold Fernandez (ex Fort OC). Fort Tapong our AO Police Fort on the Thai-Malay border (now flooded under the North dam & north of the E-W H'Way)

	From George Wiseman Malaya pre WW2 to 1990s and ex Changi and Thai-Burma Railway survivor. A 1955 Emergency times shot of the old Singapore landmark "Fullerton House" cum Hotel & GPO near Clifford Pier, a Japanese Offrs hostel during WW2
	Donated to WA Branch (Whitfords) by Mike James the Chairman of the RAF Changi Assn UK and featuring the Fullerton House (now a 5 Star hotel) & Anderson Bridge as it is today.
	Both photos from Garry Burgoyne RAASC 1955-57 and ambushed in the Cameron Highlands '55 Air OP activity at the Ipoh airstrip c1956
	Helicopter crash in the Cameron Highlands 1957

From Arnold Fernandez RM Police/Fort OC: Alternate view of the Fort Tapong airstrip and also featuring the boat ramp to right on the Perak River

Shots featuring air movements out of the Fort Tapong strip during the Thai-Malay Border Ops, Indonesian Confrontation period and the 2nd Emergency 1968-89

	The Indonesian Confrontation AO Sarawak.
	An Orang Asli (Malayan Aboriginal) Temiar group 'slash & burn' Ladang garden. In this case showing the boundary of a family plot demarcated by tree branches and young cassava plants (Rufus Cole ex Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Malaya).
	From Theo Harris RAF/Gurkha Div Signals: Sibu airstrip in Sarawak 1965 during the Indonesian Confrontation.

	From Wyndham Deere ex RAF and resident of Canada: Featuring himself and Sgt Boyes (later KIA during a jungle drop) by their Vickers Valetta at RAF Changi 1955, during the ferrying of local staff to various duty stations. Wyndham has written a book on his Malaya exploits.
	CTs in posed action Malayan Emergency 1948-60. Communist Terrorist (CT) "Bandits' of the 1948-60 Malayan Emergency campaign. Author/owner unknown
	Ray Mitchell 4th Hussars Malaya 1948-51: 4th Hussars waiting to cross the Pahang River at the Jerantut Ferry point 1949
	The snake charmer & cobra at the Police outpost at NTK (Neong Tong Kiet) Pahang
	Tpr Ray Mitchell 4th Hussars on his B Sqn scout car in Pahang 1949
	Maj Arnold Fernandez HRH The Sultan of Perak inspecting the North Malaysian border post Fort Tapong during the Confrontation period in 1964. He is seen chatting to the Fort Commander Maj Arnold Fernandez on left.

	Up & Down! A jungle airdrop from a Valetta during the Malayan Emergecy and featuring the high and low view. Courtesy of the RAAF Changi Assn archives (John Dicks)
	The cockpit of the Dakota aircraft as used during the 1948-60 Emergency by the various airforces. All early paratroop & resupply drops and some of the latter were done by them.
	A 1987 CT of the 2nd Emergency and around the period of the 1989 Peace Accord between Dr Mahathir, The PM of Thailand & Chin Peng. Compliments 'Bangkok Post'.
	A CT bomb shelter used across the Thai-Malay border during the Emergency and there after - now a museum (all surviving ex CTs are now Thai citizens), compliments 'New Sunday Times'
	The old CT Malayan Emergency Base and now 'Peace Village' site for retired ex Communist fighters at Chulaphorn 12 in south Thailand (New Sunday Times).
	Governor Dewey on a visit to Malaya from the USA, being presented with a captured CT flag by members of the 1st Bn Suffolk Regiment at Kajang circa 1950. Tony Rogers.
	A 1950 aerial of the RAF Changi Airbase in Singapore and familiar to very many. In the main much of the base is demolished or reconstructed for other use.
	An RAF Valetta does a supply drop onto Fort Selim - Perak? Compliments RAF Changi Assn archives (John Dicks)
	Members of the Suffolk Regiment patrol in the Selangor swamps in the early 1950s. Courtesy Tony Rogers
	The Green Howards parading at Selerang Barracks (9 yrs back from the Japs & POWs) in Singapore 1951, and probably with a warm Singapore day coming up. Donated by Leslie Ives ("A Musket for the King').
	Police Lt Roy Follows patrol map of the Bukit Kepong P/S area and as it was at the time of the Battle. The track from Kampong Java & Tui is seen coming from the East through BK and traversing around the high feature at GS6036 of the spurline (direction of CT assault) and heading southwards to Lenga - see account. Grid squares at the 1000 yard scale (1:63360 enlarged).

	A 1951 Emergency times dance ticket to the 1st Bn Green Howards 'All Ranks' Ball. (Leslie Ives ex GH).
	The long & the short! Malaya-Siam POW cartoon from Arthur Lane FEPOWs. Incidents like this happened!
	And we worry about what we are eating now.
	Extract from the "West Australian"
	Theo Harris (Whitford's "News Berhenti" printer and RAF Changi 1955 during Emergency) outside his Kuching HQ in Borneo in 1965 and during The Confrontation.
	The gate & reception areas of the 1950s Sandycroft Recreation & Leave Centre on Tanjung Bungah Road in Penag, now a primary school, as seen approaching the turn of the Millennium. The Security Officer was born at the centre and the Novotel Hotel rests near the site
	Former British Military Hospital at "Tanah Rata" in the Cameron Highlands Malaysia. It was converted into a school when the British forces dept. Lonnie Squires
	The infamous Bugis Street in Singapore (out of bounds back then) as before.
	The infamous Bugis Street in Singapore in 2000
	Nostalgia: The Singapore Gardens 2004 as taken by John Lewis
	A shot of the 1950s Malayan Emergency Grik airstrip and from which many Anti CT border operations were launched. View looking southwards.
	The Grik (Gerik) base strip as it looked in 2001 and today - believe looking soutward, with back then in the Emergency times just a rough piece off native cut grass. Taken by Tom Turnbull (Qld)
	The Kuala Lumpur National Monument (War Memorial) 2004 in the ASEAN Gardens. Covers the Emergency, Confrontation & 2nd Emergency periods and very impressive. The very original WW1&2 & Malayan Emergency Memorial is also nearby. Courtesy of Tony Tamblyn ex RAF.