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Public "YES" to Sarawak Rangers, Border Scouts Revival : Agi Idop Agi
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Edited by dani-rox at 7-9-2019 05:27 AM
Tentera Allied menang dlm WW2, maka sejarah pun mencatatkan bahawa mereka berada di pihak 'baik'. Hakikatnya, Geneva Convention main langgar jak. Baru jah tengok bideo psl 'the Biscari Massacre' - Tentera Amerika bunuh 80 org POW Itali.
nenek kmk lagi best, siap sembunyikan komunis dlm umur belasan tahun lagi  nya sik paham isu sebenar. org tua kan, hati bersih gilak. last2 miak cina ya jd anak angkat kmk masa kecik pernah jumpa anak angkat nya ya, sampey nangis2 bila bercerita... teringat camney nya betapok drpd tentera malaya.
btw masa jepun masuk swk, org kpg cerita nenek ai tersangatlah berani... bole lg dia selamba pergi tanam padi sorang2 hahaha
tadi ai cerita dgn mak ai psl thread nih, rupa2nya cousin dia pernah kerja jd border scout. Gaji ciput jah, tp teruskan jua sbb susah nak cari kerja masa tuh, lebih2 lg kalau ko org kampung tak sekolah tinggi.
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Tq TT buka thread ttg sejarah Sarawak Rangers....Info yg sgt ilmiah... |
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Sadarlah...Sarawak Rangers itu hanyalah Babu atau Pelayan bagi British. Bodoh betol jika masih dipuja-puja....
Jadi jangan terlalu percaya diri....jika Indon mahu ganggu dan invasi Sarawak dan Sabah....tak ada yang mampu melawannya... |
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zmn jepun jarang dpt bercerita..sik banyak cerita kamk dapat..
majoriti org tua merasa zaman komunis...sikda madah,...ubat komunis power...org kampung selalu tukar makanan dengan ubatan..
dekat sarikei, ada sigi klinik..sida gelar dr komunis...aku rasa...sarikei dengan sibu, pusat komunis ya dolok...
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WC..
kebanyakan artikel yg dlm ini aku cnp...
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Edited by cmf_shalom at 7-9-2019 09:53 AM
[size=19.6036px]Four Iban trackers from Sarawak, Borneo, who are attached to the tracker team, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) and who recently played a big part in an action on 20 November 1958 in which the team killed three Communist terrorists (CTs). Identified from left to right: Corporal Kana; Private (Pte) Budong; Pte Jetti; and Pte Langit. The tracker team is specially organised and comprises four Iban trackers from the Sarawak Rangers, several Australian dog handlers and their trained tracker dogs plus a group of Infantry who protect the Ibans and dog handlers when on the trail of CTs.
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https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C383325
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Iban Trackers
On 8 August 1948, seven weeks after the Malayan Emergency was declared on 16 June 1948, the first group of 49 Iban Trackers was sent to Malaya to assist the Commonwealth forces in fighting and tracking down the Communist insurgents in the thick jungles of Malaya. Initially, their term of service was 3 months only. Some chose to stay longer.
Twenty-four of this original group of 49 Trackers were attached to the newly-formed Ferret Group No. 4, a unit comprising Gurkhas and ex-members of Force 136. The remaining 25 were attached in small groups to the various Gurkhas, British and Malayan battalions already deployed in Malaya.
By the end of August 1948, a further group of 55 Ibans had arrived and by October 1948 there were some 170 Ibans at Seginting Camp, Port Dickson. On completion of their three months service, each group of these Trackers were flown back to Kuching.
By mid December 1948, all, except 29 who had agreed to extend their service for an additional three months to meet a special request by the British Guards Brigade, returned to Sarawak. This last group finally returned home on 7 March 1949.
More Involvement
However, the Malayan Government again requested for the service of the Iban Trackers. In April 1949, a new group of 40 trackers was raised and sent to Malaya on a six months service. With more demand, this number was increased and by December 1952, the numbers had reached 301 Iban Trackers. By this time too, some 1,168 Ibans had completed a tour of active service with the various security force units in Malaya. Of those, 8 were killed in action and 10 wounded of whom 5 were invalidated.
The first fatality occurred on 12 March 1951 when Tracker Jaweng anak Jugah of Ulu Gaat, Kapit, who was deployed with A Troop 42 Commando Royal Marines, was accidently shot by a special constable who mistook him for a CT.
In that same year, Tracker Awang anak Rawing of Skrang was awarded a George Cross, the civilian equivalent of Britain's highest military award, the Victoria Cross and Malaysia's equivalent of the Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa (SP). The award recognised Awang's exemplary courage and devotion to duty by saving the life of Private Hughes, a member of No.10 Platoon, D Company, 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment, after the platoon was ambushed by a big group of CTs on 27 May 1951.This award was the first in history to be awarded within the Malayan Archipelago and the only one awarded during the Malayan Emergency.
On 13 November 1952, Tracker Menggong anak Panggit, appointed as Acting-Lance Corporal and Second-in-Command of an Iban platoon, led an assault on an enemy camp, after his platoon commander, Lieutenant R R G Bald of the 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), had been killed instantly in the initial engagement. For his gallant actions, Menggong was awarded the George Medal.
Undoubtedly, there would have been many more awards given to the Iban Trackers than the two mentioned. However, the Iban Trackers were still recognised as civilians and therefore not eligible for military honours and awards.
http://pgbwarrior.blogspot.com/search/label/Iban%20Trackers%20and%20Sarawak%20Rangers%20%281948%20-%201960%29
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Thanks TT for sharing.  |
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noraidil_06 replied at 6-9-2019 05:23 AM
Nice thread as always tt
Mak nora.. Shalom izinkan pindah ke HML.. |
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sarah82 replied at 8-9-2019 03:22 AM
Mak nora.. Shalom izinkan pindah ke HML..
C c @fantasy_creation & @Muntz |
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Tq modddd.. Pindah ke HML.. |
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Edited by cmf_shalom at 23-9-2019 11:18 AM
Celebrating Sarawak’s World War 2 Heroes
End of a reign of terror
On September 11 1945, Sarawak was liberated from the Japanese who occupied the state in a reign of terror for almost four years. It was a historic day when Sarawak became the last important Japanese stronghold to surrender to the Allied Forces after the Imperial Commander of Borneo Lt General Baba had days earlier signed the surrender document in Labuan.
A month after the Allied Forces had launched an invasion of Labuan and other important Japanese locations in Indonesian Kalimantan, news of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 11 respectively had sealed Japan’s fate. Japan surrendered three days later on August 14.
Brigadier General Thomas Eastick waited patiently at 2 pm on September 11, 1945 for his counterpart Major General Yamamura to turn up at a warship anchored in Pending. But the Japanese failed to turn up and after a frantic search, he found Yamamura waiting at the dockside of Pending with two interpreters.
As he boarded the HMAS Kapunda, the neatly dressed short and stocky general walked up to the front portion of the ship through a guard of honour from the Australian army and navy to a small table which was draped with the British flag.
At 2.40 pm sharp, Yamamura signed three copies of the surrender document. Yamamura, who was recovering from Malaria smiled weakly then stood up and then handed over his sword which was held horizontally with both hands to Eastick. In the late 1944s when the Allied Forces were gaining ground through their covert secret operations, Japan realised that the war was lost.
In the last weeks before the capitulation of the Land of the Rising Sun, local Sarawakians had already joined hands with the Australian and European liberators.
On March 25, 1945 Major Tom Harrison and seven operatives from “Semut 1” elite commandos parachuted into Bario and raised an army of native soldiers.Later, 70 Operatives from Semut 2, 3 and 4 infiltrated into various parts of Sarawak who together with Kelabit, Murut (Lun Bawang), Kayan, Kenyah, Bisaya, Malays and Kadayan of Lawas, Baram, Bintulu, Kapit and Sri Aman killed more than1,000 Japanese, many of them beheaded. At least a dozen brave Iban warriors, including former constabulary officers Michael Juan and Edward Brandah and Cpl Ragam Lansam, led separate teams to attack the Japanese in Northern Sarawak.
Freedom Fighters
Born in Kuching in 1915, Michael was the son of Sgt Frederick Juan of the Sarawak Rangers. After passing his Standard Seven examinations, Michael joined the Sarawak Constabulary before he was joined by Edward Brandah. In 1933, six months after training as a recruit at the Police Training School (PTS) across the river, Michael was promoted to the rank Probationary Inspector (PI) and sent to become the officer-in charge-of the Bau District.
After a short stint in Sarikei just before the War, Michael Juan was posted to Kapit where he headed the district but left the police force when the Japanese took over. In 1945, he welcomed the “Semut” operatives in Kapit led by Major W.L.P “Bill” Sochon and joined the guerrillas in the fight against the Japanese. Michael’s cousin Edward Brandah, had a short stint as a teacher before he became a probationary police inspector in 1937 and served in Miri.
When the War broke out, Edward also refused to work for the Japanese. A Colonial government loyalist, Edward was taken prisoner by the Japanese and released after two weeks’ interrogation on condition that he relocated his family to one of the villages in the jungle. In an interview with Datuk Brandah’s son John Edward, he disclosed that his father left Miri and settled in the longhouse of Penghulu Barat Mamut, 60 miles away from Miri in the Ulu Sebuti area, together with three other Iban constables. He said: “They came under the protection of Penghulu Barat who supported the fight against the Japanese because he was a former Sergeant in the Sarawak Rangers. I In the longhouse, my father and the constables maintained their barrack discipline as if they were in the constabulary and over time the 24-door longhouse became a model village.”
“Heir-apparent” Anthony Brooke Rallying Call
In June 1945 when the Allied Forces captured Labuan and Brunei, Edward received a message from the “Raja Muda” Anthony Brooke to help the war.
In mid-July Edward organised a group of Ibans and some Indian nationals who had escaped from the Miri prison after it was bombed by the Allied Forces and launched some raids. Later, they were joined by Javanese soldiers who had also escaped from the prison where they were tortured and were waiting to exact their revenge on the Japanese tormentors.
On July 25, Edward Brandah’s group of a dozen guerrillas ambushed 30 Japanese fleeing Miri. In the attack, 12 Japanese were killed as the others fled. Edward lamented that some of his men had disobeyed him and had taken heads.
After discussions with Horsnell, he then met Major Carter of the SRD on board the Tiger Snake craft on July 27, 1945. From there they flew by a Catalina “flying boat” to the Allied Forces headquarters in Marudi along the Baram.
Edward met Major Pollet and Major Talbot in Marudi and later Brigadier General Macaskie on a P.T. boat heading for Labuan.
As the Allied Forces continued to organise follow-up operations against the remaining Japanese troops, the Kempetai headquarters at Jalan Jawa discovered that Edward’s family was based in Kuching.
John added: “Furious with his action, the Japanese came after the family. My mother and five of us were forced to flee to Marudi which by then had been captured by Allied Forces. During the river and land journey to Marudi, we were escorted by two Australian soldiers.” “With the return of the Allied Forces, another group of Iban guerrillas led by Lance Corporal Ragam Lansam were joined by SRD Sgt Bob Mason and they continued to harass the Japanese.
When the Brandah family was safe in Marudi, Edward joined the 9th Australian Division under Macaskie. On August 25, Edward flew by the RAAF’s Catalina flying boat from Labuan to Kanowit where he met his cousin Michael Juan, an old colleague Sgt Embah, and Major Bill Sochon. On September 12, a day after the Japanese surrender at Pending, Edward Brandah was the only Sarawak Constabulary officer on board the US navy landing craft No 1310, which arrived in Kuching.
Back in Kuching and under Captain Marlowe, the reinstated Inspector Brandah was tasked with assisting the reorganisation of the Sarawak Constabulary. One of his biggest assignments was to protect the local collaborators from reprisals.
John explained that his father “had to stay with the prisoners day and night until all the interrogations were done. I remember that in Kuching I and another relative, Edward Mansel (whose father was one of the victims of the Long Nawang massacre) were given the task of sending food to my father”.
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Edited by cmf_shalom at 23-9-2019 11:27 AM
Duit cap pokok pisang.,..kat sebuah kedai di Pekan Sarawak
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