This is a special project to provide tribute and recognition to all local and overseas ex-servicemen who served in Tawau during the Indonesian Confrontation (1963-1966).

The memorial statue near the town field tributing the heroes at Kalabakan during the Indonesian confrontation

If you are one of the people who was in the main battle front, you are invited to contribute your stories and photos with us. We will compile and publish them so that they can be shared to the world.

Here’s a list of people we know (in random order) who were there for us. If you know anyone who deserves to be on this list, please contact us here.

1. Dodds, Lawrence ‘Larry’ – RAF Tawau – 1966
2. Major Simpson, John
3. Burnett, Edward John Sidney – 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles (1st Battalion)