Pipeline Ambush
Part ofMalayan Emergency
Date 22 June 1956 Location Malaya Result Australian victory
Belligerents
Australia	Malayan Communist Party
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Unknown
Units involved
Royal Australian Regiment 2nd Battalion	unknown
Strength
Unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
3 killed 3 wounded	2 killed

The Pipeline ambush took place during theMalayan Emergency. An Australian patrol of five troops were ambushed by communist forces. A firefight ensued where other Australian troops came to assist. Three Australians were killed making it the most costly Australian involvement of the Emergency.^[1][2][3]

• https://www.awm.gov.au/unit/U60566/
• https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P05001.004

• Malayan Emergency
• June 1956 in Asia
• 1956 in Malaya
• Military operations involving Australia
• Ambushes in Malaysia