Malaya and the Emergency (1950-53)

Glossary of Terms

1 Worc. R 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment A.C.C. Army Catering Corps. basha Temporary shelter (see page 17) belukar Very dense secondary undergrowth B.O.A.R. British Army On the Rhine Bren Gun Light Machine Gun (.303 inch calibre) Col. Colonel Coy. Company D.S.O Distinguished Service Order Dyak Tribe from Borneo – used as trackers F.A.R.E.L.F. Far East Land Forces G.H.Q. General Headquarters gunongs Limestone hills H.Q. Headquarters Iban Trackers from Borneo (headhunters) kongsi Communal Chinese dwellings (clan-house) lalang Tall coarse grass which often grows as high as eight feet Lt. Lieutenant M.B.E. Member of the Order of the British Empire M.C. Military Cross M.C..P. Malayan Communist Party M.G. Machine Gun Min Yuen Peoples Movement (Armed Work Force) M.P.A.J.A. Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army M.R.L.A Malayan Races Liberation Army N.C.O. Non-Commissioned Officer O.B.E. Officer of the Order of the British Empire Owen Gun Australian lightweight submachine gun (machine carbine) padang Literally, “an open space “— in fact, a village green Pl. Platoon Pte. Private soldier Q.M. Quartermaster R.A. Royal Artillery R.A.M.C. Royal Army Medical Corps R.A.O.C. Royal Army Ordnance Corps S.55 Sikorsky transport helicopter Sakai One of the aboriginal tribes of Malaya Sampan Small Chinese river boat Sjt. Sergeant (Serjeant) Sten Gun Compact 9 mm lightweight submachine gun (32 rounds)

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