David Davies photos, a S/Sgt in 13 Infantry Workshop REME.  The photos were taken in 1956 and show the recovery of a 15/19 Hussars Saracen which had ended up down a ravine following the collapse of the road.   It was necessary to reduce the weight by removing the wheels and suspension, then dragged along the river bed to a spot where a temporary ramp was cut from the road down to the river.  The wreck was loaded onto a trailer and taken back to the Workshop.  The job took 3 days and Gurkhas provided a cover guard.

The Task

Removing wheels and suspension

Needs lightening

Recovered onto low loader

  
PHOTO OF THE " 12 INFANTRY W,K,S,P, R,E,M,E,"  AT   GUNONG, PANJANG CAMP, IPOH, PERAK, SEPT 1956,

MALAYAN MEMORIES

2 INFANTRY WORKSHOP REME – TAIPING 1960/61

AT WORK

Stay clear of Monsoon ditches

Photographs from the albums of Ian Gardiner

13 Infantry Work Shops REME, Johore, Malaya

 RECOVERY AT WORK

 FROM MY SCRAP BOOK - By Bill Ashby,

       

   'Winning Hearts & Minds'         
A great bunch of kids.

Austin Gantry 6x4  near Segamat  (waiting for a tow)

    

Austin Gantry 6x4   On and off Temerloh Ferry

     

Temerloh Ferry again
Crossing courtesy of the Gurkha Engineers and pontoon 
        
The scene we found on arrival
30 Coy ASC Bedford QL & their LAD Scammell in monsoon ditch 

    

Bedford RL Recovered after rolling down bank - Gurkha driver unhurt

    

 

      

Austin 1 ton carrying civilian staff from 221 BVD overturned - 14 hurt.  Vehicle recovered by Scammell 6 x 4.  BLR Later put onto trailer and back-loaded to Base Workshop in Singapore

     

 
  
Breath in! 
Another Bailey Bridge      
Our QL Office Truck needs a suspended tow.

Modified Bedford RL Cab

    

          Inverted Bedford RL                                               Righted Bedford RL

    

 Fatal accident on Kota Tinggi Road
Car skidded into army truck during heavy rain storm

    

Another accident   - The Scammell had recovered a trailer near Segamet and was returning to Kluang with it on suspended tow, when it got a puncture in the offside front tyre.  Not fitted with power steering, all the driver could do was to pull over to the right verge and get a message to the workshop for some assistance.  It was getting dark so the side lights were on.  The crew were in the cab and could see in the distance a logging truck approaching them quickly.  At the last moment thinking the Scammell was coming towards them it moved over  - Crunch!!  A good job it was unloaded.

            

    Accident scene as described above                      Bedford RL on Suspended tow  

Some of our other tasks

   

Moving old Japanese Tank hulks on the range near Kota Tinggi

MORE TASKS
Assisting ETC (Engineer Training Centre), Kluang
        
Launching Pontoons - note the skid marks

         

Launching Pontoons and returning them to Singapore

      

Back loading ETC Coles Crane and Jib to Singapore