Courtesy of Mr. Anthony Catherall, he emailed me more photos of Jambatan Tamparuli in May 1960, during the big flood tragedy that had claimed the lives of 2 brave British soldiers and a local woman.
Please read his entry here if you have not read it. Enjoy the photos!
The Landrover emerges from Tamparuli River, May 1960
The Scammel hauls out the Landrover
The extension where the stretcher lay can clearly be seen
The investigation begins
Tamparuli Bridge 1960
Tamparuli Bridge from Kota Kinabalu
The memorial plaque to two brave soldiers
By the way, the photos are copyrighted to Mr. Anthony Catherall. Thank you very much!
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This is a very important piece of history. I salute the British soldiers who played a very big part in Sabah!
hello, good photos , i was at kota belud with the army setting up paradise camp, we used to travel quite allot to jesselton to the cold storage ,tong hing and far hing, to collect provisions 3 times a week.the road was all ways dodgy .i used to visit the dusons in there kampongs , and drink bahar, we would bring them tiger beer and fags and army tinned food, they are great people, the same is said for all the tribes, of borneo,it was the best time of my life, i will never forget it, i was there for 18 months in 1962,i wish i could come back and visit, but i guess it has changed, i served 22 yrs with the army, i learnt to speak malay quite well, and used to play marjong with the Chinese, there is so much i could talk about, maybe i should write a book, can you e mail me , any one who was at paradise camp, it would be great to chat over the old days, best regards to you all, NOBBY CLARKE,
Amazing photos – I have not seen such early photos of the bridge, until now!
wow these are amazing photos of my hometown…Tamparuli…i always dream to see such amazing photos of my hometown, now my dreams really come true..thank you, by the way can i use this picture to share among my friends at the Facebook site..pleaseeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
can i use those picture to share among my friends at the facebook site..pleaseeeee
These photos are nostalgic. Tamparuli is my hometown…it’s nice to see old photos of the bridge. Btw the memorial plaque is still there.
We either Sabah, Sarawak and malaya should thanks the British for their effort saving this country with from Indonesia invaders as well developed it as at today. Not the religious teacher or ustaz who make Malaysia glory as at todate.
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