二次大战期间在麻坡附近战役的照片
1945-09-26. THE VILLAGE OF BAKRI ON THE MUAR ROAD.
YONG PENG, JOHORE, MALAYA. 1945-09-26. THE YONG PENG BRIDGE LOOKING WEST TO MUAR. AFTER THE REMNANTS OF 2/19TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND 2/29TH INFANTRY BATTALION HAD CROSSED THE BRIDGE ON THE NIGHT OF 1942-01-23, IT WAS DESTROYED BY SAPPERS OF 2/30TH INFANTRY BATTALION.
MUAR AREA, JOHORE, MALAYA. 1945-09-26. THE WRECKAGE OF AN AUSTRALIAN CONVOY LITTERING BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AT PARIT SULONG WHERE IT WAS DESTROYED DURING AN ENEMY AMBUSH. ON THE LEFT CAN BE SEEN SOME OF THE GEAR OF SOME 150 WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN AND INDIAN TROOPS WHO WERE MASSACRED BY THE ENEMY.
MUAR AREA, JOHORE, MALAYA. 1945-09-26. THE ROAD AND OPEN AREA IN FRONT OF THE HIGH GROUND AT THE BUKIT PELANDOK DEFILE WHICH WAS HELD BY TROOPS OF THE 6TH NORFOLK BATTALION, BRITISH ARMY AND VACATED ON 1942-01-19.
A two pounder Anti-Tank Gun of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment, 8th Australian Division, AIF, directed by VX38874 Sergeant (Sgt) Charles James Parsons, of Moonee Ponds, Vic, in action at a road block at Bakri on the Muar-Parit Sulong Road. In the background is a destroyed Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go Medium Tank. The Anti-Tank Gun was known as the rear gun because of its position in the defence layout of the area. Sgt Parsons was later awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for his and his crew’s part in destroying six of the nine Japanese tanks during this engagement.
MALAYA, 1942-01-18. THREE JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS DESTROYED NEAR BAKRI BY GUNNERS FROM THE 13TH BATTERY, 4TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK REGIMENT.
BAKRI, MALAYA, 1942-01-15. ONE OF THE TEN JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS KNOCKED OUT BY GUNNERS OF 13TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK BATTERY USING 2 PDR GUNS IN AN AMBUSH DURING A WITHDRAWAL IN MALAYA.
MALAYA, 1942-01-18. TWO JAPANESE TANKS TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS DESTROYED NEAR BAKRI BY 13TH BATTERY, 4TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK REGIMENT. TWO DESTROYED MOTOR VEHICLES OF THE 45TH INDIAN BRIGADE ARE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.