Pipeline ambush

Pipeline Ambush
	Part of Malayan Emergency
Date	22 June 1956
Location	Malaya
Result	Australian victory
Belligerents
Australia	Malayan Communist Party
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Unknown
Units involved
Royal Australian Regiment 2nd Battalion;	unknown
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
3 killed; 3 wounded	2 killed

The Pipeline ambush took place during the Malayan Emergency. An Australian patrol of five troops were ambushed by communist forces. A firefight ensued where other Australian troops came to assist. Three Australians were killed making it the most costly Australian involvement of the Emergency.[1][2][3]

References

http://se-asia.commemoration.gov.au/australian-operations-in-malayan-emergency/army-operations_the-pipeline-ambush.php
"LAST NIGHT'S CABLE FLASHES DIGGERS DECLARE WAR OF VENGEANCE IN MALAYA". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 June 1956. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
"AWARDS FOR SERVICE IN MALAYA". The Central Queensland Herald. Rockhampton, Qld. 1 November 1956. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

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[1] ttp://se-asia.commemoration.gov.au/australian-operations-in-malayan-emergency/army-operations_the-pipeline-ambush.php

[2] "LAST NIGHT'S CABLE FLASHES DIGGERS DECLARE WAR OF VENGEANCE IN MALAYA". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 June 1956. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "AWARDS FOR SERVICE IN MALAYA". The Central Queensland Herald. Rockhampton, Qld. 1 November 1956. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.