Platoon Commander - Lt Col (Rtd) Idris Hassan

In 1964 during (confrontation) then as a platoon commander of the mobolised  12 Inf batttalion (12) MTA ( attached to 7 (RMR) Pengkalan Chempa I  was posted to a small village ( Kemasek)) nestled between Dungun and Kemaman . The task was to man an OP on hill top facing the sea for any  Indonesian beach landing. Pix are about the typical day of a platoon comd activity weapon check, a quick briefing, followed by a 5 mile road march done twice a week to keep the soldiers fit.

Note the main road Kuantan / Trengganu looks quite deserted as  traffic then was very low volume. More pics here....