Malaya and the Emergency (1950-53)
Glossary of Terms
Term |
Meaning |
| 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) |