Lieutenant Colonel Claude Henry Ducker MC (Rtd) as a platoon commander, later Officer Commanding Tracker Team, 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), Malaya 1957-1959, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)

Accession Number	S02859
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 10 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	1/4 inch sound tape reel; BASF SM 468; 15 ips/38 cm.s; stereo; 10 inch NAB
Maker	Australian War Memorial
Date made	23 January 2003
Access	Open
Conflict	Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
Copyright	Item copyright: Status to be assessed
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Source credit to	AWM Oral History Program

Description

Ducker speaks of his prior training in Australia; 3 RAR's deployment by ship to Malaya; his initial role in Malaya as Assistant Quartermaster 3 RAR; the jungle warfare course at the Jungle Warfare School, Kota Tinggi and comparisons of tactical doctrine with the Jungle Training Centre, Canungra, Queensland; general and specific aspects of platoon commanding on operations during 1957-1959; characteristics of platoon weapons; communications; limited helicopter support; resupply of rations and replenishment of water; rules of engagement and security of arms/ammunition; health and morale; 3 RAR's Tracker Team and its attack on the communist terrorist (CT) camp northeast of Sungei Siput in November 1958; his posting as the Chief Instructor Tracking Wing at Kota Tinggi.

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