Bismillah. Tragedy at Tamparuli Bridge in 1960
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Sapper Anthony, “It was a terrible time with all 3 people drowning, I have never forgot it and never will.” The two soldiers from The Royal Army Service Corps and The Royal Army Medical Corps, it was a terrible time.
Cooper, if we die! We die with Honor and Glory’! Hall, on reaching the bridge where water was overflowing over it, got out of the Land Rover and was guiding Cooper as he tried to negotiate the bridge. The woman was strapped in the vehicle in the back. Hall dived in to see if he could save anyone. Sadly, they were all drowned.
Soldiers from various Units and Squadrons that were based in both the Main Camp and Camp Paradise Kota Belud bow their heads at the service. The burial service at Camp Paradise of Pte JWN Hall RAMC and Driver DC Cooper. They were later re-interred at Labuan Military Cemetery.
We’re not re-quoting, creating, or re-writing history, BUT we are sharing history especially for young children today and future generations, the truth is important’. We should never forget the Allied and Axis forces, Malaysian Army, the Sabahan Rangers, and our all our ancestors who defended our country when the Japanese invaded in WW2.
