99 Ghurkha Infantry Brigade Light Aid Detachment (LAD)
Group photograph of 99 Ghurkha Infantry Brigade LAD – ‘The (not so wild) men of Borneo’
Left to right: Bob Duxbury, Len Barraclough, Jim Marston, Brian Langford, Bob Culshaw, Artificer Sergeant Major (ASM) Whitehall, Alec Ranken, Darkie Real, Sergeant (Sgt) Jim Extance, Geordie Wintrip, Robby Robertson, and Bill Armes.
From the album ‘REME in the Far East’
1965
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Comments as follows. The ASM was Jock or Slim Whitehall, he was known by both Nik Names. His name isn’t given alongside the photo. The photograph was taken in 1965 not circa 1070’s during the ”Confrontation” as it was called with Indonesia. The LAD location where the photo was taken was in a Rice ‘Godown’ or storage facility on Green Road on the outskirts of Kuching.
Bob Duxbury, that’s me sitting on the front wing of the 4T Bedford with my elbow on the window. I was with the LAD from October 1964 to Oct 1965.
Dear Bob,
Thank you for the extra information, it’s always great to learn a bit more about these images. We can only go by what information we have so we also really appreciate those with more accurate details for us and I’ve amended it as such.
Best wishes,
Zoe
Dear Zoe, please accept my apologies for sending the same information regarding 99 Gurkha Bde LAD personnel again. I only saw the original photo and names, not the one showing that you had amended the names to include ASM Slim Whitehall. My apologies, Bob Duxbury( Retd WO1)
Any body served in the LAD between 64 and 67, in Nee Soon
The Artficer Sgt Major is WO1 ‘Slim’ Whitehall(I notice you don’t have his name), the guy to his right as you look at the photo is REME Cfn Alec Rankin. The photo was taken of the 99 Gurkha Bde LAD personnel at the entrance to the rice ‘Godown’ they had as the LAD Wksp premises during out tour of duty in Borneo in 1964.
I am sat on the door sill of the 4 Ton truck Cfn Bob Duxbury, directly above the ASM.