1955 - The Night Express to Penang: A Personal Recollection of some 57 Years Ago

摘要

THIS episode was first written by me many years ago for "family archival digestion" only and extracted recently from deep within my filing cabinet in response to a readership request from the Editor of the WWII Railway Study Group for any reminiscences of those who had at one time performed the duties of Officer I/C Train. Whilst not of WWII vintage, it was during a period of Active Service in Malay and for that reason the Editor - perhaps because he was short of material - chose to print it for membership circulation. An eminent Corps author happened to read it and thought it might be of interest to readers of the Corps Journal, so here it is. As a Royal Engineer Captain, I was stationed in Kuala Lumpur from 1954 until 1956 fulfilling the role of the Staff Officer at HQ Malaya Command responsible for the supply and maintenance of all the engineer plant operating in the jungles of Malaya. The job was an absorbing one that thankfully took me out into the field frequently to visit Jungle Road Projects, and Jungle Forts with Airstrips.