Veterans recall Confrontation days


Brothers in arms: Rosenzweig (left) and other Australian veterans including Cameron and Hiscock are in Kuching to mark the 57th anniversary of the end of Confrontation. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/ The Star

KUCHING: Snake-infested jungles, leeches and scorpions are some of the things Australian veteran Don Cameron remembers from his time serving in Sarawak during the Indonesian Confrontation with Malaysia.

Cameron went on counter-insurgency patrols from a base at Kampung Gumbang in Bau near the border during a five-month tour in 1965.

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