Malaya
These pics are from Suffolk regiment. 1949 to 1952. Place called dinkle.
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3 company rasc ipoh, would still like any all mates still around to contact me
i am in 3 of these photos taken with the suffolk regiment guys in malaya 1949 to 1952 i was a cook there at the time so who are the other guys in these photos ? can you name them
IF THERE IS ANY ONE STILL IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING THAT WAS IN MALAYA AT THAT TIME ABOUT ON THESE PHOTOS THEY WOULD BE ABOUT 85 NOW OR KNOW OF THEM
Yes we are still around .I was in Malaya/Singapore in 1949 to 1951 .
I was 87 yesterday.
Doug.Wallis
I was 87 yesterday.
Doug.Wallis
Originally Posted by Doug Wallis
WELL YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE I HAVE HEARD OFF OF THAT TIME I AM NOW JUST TURNED 89 LAST MONTH SO A LITTLE BIT OLDER BUT I DID GO IN FIRST IN 1946 & I GUESS I WAS MUG CAME OUT & SIGNED ON FOR 3 YEARS SO I DONE JUST OVER 6 YEARS WHEN I CAME OUT IN 1952 NOW LIVING ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK MORE IF YOU GIVE ME YOUR NUMBER I WILL PHONE YOU HERE IS MY 01983 299583 FRANK BENNETT
Originally Posted by Doug Wallis
WELL HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR 87 DOUG &may you be around for many more frank bennett
Hi Frank.
Thanks for the message and birthday wishes. I was in the R.A.F. FOR 22 YEARS.
Now living in West Australia. So a phone call would be expensive
Best Wishes
Doug.Wallis
Thanks for the message and birthday wishes. I was in the R.A.F. FOR 22 YEARS.
Now living in West Australia. So a phone call would be expensive
Best Wishes
Doug.Wallis
i am wonder how many are still around who are in these photos takien in malaya of guys suffolk regiment 1949 t0 1952 ?
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Originally Posted by Doug Wallis
JUST TO WISH YOU DOUG A HAPPY XMAS &A HEALTHY 2018 IN THE AUSTRALIA SUNSHINE FROM COLD WINTER HERE FRANK BENNETT
Hi Frank ,thanks for the greetings.Hope you have a great Yuletide Season as well.
Sorry to disappoint but although it is almost mid summer here ,the weather has changed almost to that of Winter.
They promise about 28 Degrees for Christmas Day.
Sorry to disappoint but although it is almost mid summer here ,the weather has changed almost to that of Winter.
They promise about 28 Degrees for Christmas Day.
WELL I HAD ONE FROM MY TIME IN MALAYA FROM 1949 TO 1952 WITH SUFFOLK REGIMENT I AM STILL LIVING THAT I WILL HEAR OF ANOTHER FROM THAT TIME THAT WAS THERE AS AN ACC COOK FRANK BENNETT
I GUESS THERE IS NOT MANY ON THE NET THAT ARE STILL AROUND THAT WERE IN MALAYA WITH THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT OF THOSE YEARS FROM 1949 TO 1952 ? BUT I GUESS THERE WERE OVER I, OOO IN THE REGIMENT AT TIME THEY WOULD BE ABOUT AGE 87 NOW AS I AM 90 YEARS YOUNG NOW FRANK BENNETT ACC COOK ATT TO THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT AT TIME WITH A C D COMPANYS & THIS HOW I LOOK AT THAT TIME BY THIS PHOTO
PO 317LS FRANK BENNETT IS THERE ANY ONE LEFT OF THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT TO MALAYA TO THE ABOVE YEARS OF 1949 TO1952 ? MAY I ASK
Dinkle I was there. 22425563 Cfn Reg Butler REME. Hope you can get in touch.
Originally Posted by Reginald Butler
O k if you where in the Reme at Dinkli in Malaya to what age you might be now &who were you att to at that time there to what regiment where you with there I was there for 3years so please give me some dates to see if I know you thank you frank Bennett
Hi Frank.As I haven't used this site before I don't know how you are notified that you have a reply to your thread but I'll carry on from my previous post this morning. Like you were a chef in the ACC and was attached to the Suffolks, I was a vehicle mechanic in the REME and also attached. According to my military records, Standing Orders dated 11.7.51 assigned me to the 1st Suffolk Regt when we disembarked from the Empire Windrush in Singapore and then the date I was ticking off on the calendar came up on standing orders dated 6.9.52 which gave my embarkation to the UK. on the Dilwara. I think Dinkle was the last company detachment that had to put up with me. It was because I was trying to Google a Suffolk online site to find the name of each of the company camps that I had been sent to that Dinkle and you popped up. I never did find anything much about the Suffolk Regt. What company was at Dinkle and do you know what company was where? Were you a regular or dragged in by the scruff of the neck like me as a N.S. conscript. By the way I am 87, still a pup by your standards. I've attached some snaps, there not the best quality. A general view of the camp. The Ration Wagon. The Village. Filling up at the Pump. A Humber Scout Car "The Duchess" regimental march of the Suffolks. Three snaps that look as as if they are breaking camp and pulling out. Although I took all these snaps I'm blowed if I can remember taking them. Sorry to prattle on for so long so bye for now. Regards Reg.
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P.S. I'm the one in front of the truck with my shirt undone
Well Reg thanks for your reply so quickly but lam sure you were at Dinkle not at the same time also there is only two of these old photos that look like Dinkle as it was a rubber plataion I was at some time between 1949 to 1952 as some guys were your age went in 1946 for the so I went at the end of the war under national service done two years then signed on for 3 years to get 75 pounds it was the hardest I ever got but had to do the 3 years first to get it but the it got me a job on ships as cook going around the world for 10 years so I lived down in New Zealand also the states for 10 years so it was the army that I got the bug to travel so I guess some good came out of it now I live on the Isle of Wight so if you ever wan.t to talk to me more about your time in the service my phone is 01983 299583 thanks frank bennett
Also I forgot to say Reg that if you wan,t to know more if you would to give me your phone number I will when it o k with you as I am not much good at this being on emails frank
YOUR BOOK KEEPING IS TERRIBLE YOU MADE TWO ACCOUUNTS THERE FOR ME JUST BECAUSE TO THE SAME ADDRESS ONE IS A LAP TOP I HAD I SET THIS 4 YEARS AGO IS ABOVE THEN I GOT THIS EYE PAD FROM THE STATES ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO SO IT HAD TO BE TO WORK HERE A DIFFERENT TO WORK HERE SO THAT ONE WAS FRANKHBENNETT84GMAIL.COM BUT THE SAME CAME MESSAGE CAME ON BOTH SO WHY CAN.T WE CAN.T YOU PHOTO ME TO SORT THIS OUT AS I ONLY WAN.T ONE ACCOUNT & THAT ONE WHICH GMAIL IS DUE SOON WITH ALL THOSE PHOTOS OF OVER 60 YEARS AGO NOW AS I AM AN OLD GUY OF 92 NOW SO THESE PHOTOS ME ALOT TO BUT OF COURSE MEAN NO THINK TO YOU FRANK BENNENTT