What the records say
- When
- 14 Jan 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 2.58° N, 102.58° E
- Description
- 1942 battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II
- War
- World War II
Battle of Gemas
Battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II
The Battle of Gemas—part of the wider Battle of Muar—took place during the Japanese invasion of Malaya in the Pacific Campaign of the Second World War. The action occurred on 14 January 1942 at the Gemencheh Bridge near Gemas and saw almost 800 troops of the Japanese 5th Division killed, wounded or missing during a fierce ambush initiated by Australian soldiers from 2/30th Battalion, assigned to the 27th Brigade of t…
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