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August

03-08-18 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish (Post 2544556)

First thanks for the interesting photos, and story.

This got me wondering.. back in the mid-1980ies we were guests in an antiques shop in Norwich, and the owner showed us some photos of him and his men in the army, having killed some rebels in the 1950ies, or 1960ies. I do not remember where he said it happened, could have been somewhere in Indonesia, or Burma(?), or Korea?
Where did the english army (guy was irish though) fight, in those years? :hmmm:

Could it possibly have been The Malayan Emergency?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency

Eichhörnchen

03-08-18 12:35 PM

Could be (my uncle was in that as an Army dog-handler)

Catfish

03-08-18 02:03 PM

Sorry for derailing the thread from Korea :oops:

Yes, it was Malaya! I do now remember the name, seems he was there to fight the insurgents. The pictures he showed us were gruesome to say at least.. his 17-year old shop assistant Tracey was a bit aroused, and sure had a different view of him thereafter.
He just said that those 'operations' were the same the world over, and that what Germany did in Russia was perfectly normal, in all other armies.
As a 22-year-old more or less left-oriented young 'man' i did not believe him, back then.

Eichhörnchen

03-08-18 02:27 PM

Yes I'd forgotten about Malaya and the more I thought about it the more likely that seemed to me, too. My uncle was sent there as it coincided with his 'National Service' commitment. Well spotted, August :yep:

Eichhörnchen

03-08-18 04:02 PM

Pencil portrait of Dad

https://i.imgur.com/93p76lC.jpg

Marked at the top left

KURE-JAPAN
GATON
-27/11/53-

I think maybe "Gaton" was the artist... he was going around doing these for soldiers as they sat in a cafeteria

Eichhörnchen

06-20-21 06:50 AM

Remembering my dad, Evan Ramon Polin Williams

https://i.imgur.com/Ke3JTZz.jpg

Eichhörnchen

08-07-23 11:21 AM

Another photo of dad's Bedford QL - the Aussies had doctored its front end with the words "Ned Kellys"

https://i.imgur.com/vAx7EEu.jpg

Commander Wallace

08-07-23 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen (Post 2753543)

Remembering my dad, Evan Ramon Polin Williams

https://i.imgur.com/Ke3JTZz.jpg

:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: :Kaleun_Salute: For your dad.

Catfish

08-07-23 04:23 PM

Indeed :)
:salute:

Eichhörnchen

08-08-23 01:28 PM

https://i.imgur.com/oargXL4.jpg

I don't know whether Dad gave these locals a brew...

https://i.imgur.com/MgMwnsU.jpg

... but the NAAFI provided all the comforts on the 38th Parallel

Eichhörnchen

08-08-23 05:33 PM

https://i.imgur.com/jYxqcZ9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Da5Vez9.jpg

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