Soldiers at Nanga Gaat, an SAS base on the Rejang River, Borneo, 1964
Photograph by Tom Pocock, Indonesian Confrontation (1963-1966), 1964.
At one stage, a Special Air Service (SAS) force equivalent to a battalion was engaged in North Borneo where they resisted Indonesian attempts to cross the frontier and establish bases in the jungle. They also mounted secret cross-border raids into Kalimantan to pre-empt Indonesian attacks.
From a collection of 284 photographs showing themes relating to the British Army from the end of World War Two in 1945 to the evacuation of Aden, 1967.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1996-06-157-146
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright. Reproduced courtesy of the photographer, Tom Pocock
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1996-06-157-146
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