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Arrived 1030hrs 12/1/1942
Departed 1530hrs 15/1/1942
The main Battalion
position was located on the Gemas-Tampin road, near the 61 mile peg.
The area was occupied from 12/1/42 until a fierce battle with the
Japanese on 15/1/42.
A road block made up of concrete cylinders was
set up here to halt the enemy advance, following the ambush at
Gemencheh
Bridge the previous afternoon.
Battalion casualties were 11
Killed in action (KiA), 1 Died of Wounds (DoW), 7 Missing
presumed dead (MpD), and 48 Wounded in action (WiA). A total
over the two days, of 20 killed or presumed dead, and 58
wounded.
(Source: 2/30 Battalion Archives)
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