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The Malaysian Service Medal (Pingat Jasa Malaysia) is a medal given by the King and Government of Malaysia. Established 3 March 2004, the medal recognizes service by members of the Malaysian Armed Forces during the Malayan Emergency , Second Malayan Emergency , and the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation .
The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War, (1948–1960) was a guerrilla war fought in Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya and Commonwealth (British Empire).
The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation (known as Konfrontasi in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore) was an armed conflict from 1963 to 1966 that stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of the state of Malaysia from the Federation of Malaya.
The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948–1975. St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-290-7. Pugsley, Christopher (2003). From Emergency to Confrontation: The New Zealand Armed Forces in Malaya and Borneo 1949–66. South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195584530
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result; Federation of Malaya ( 1957–1966) Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) United Kingdom Malaya Singapore Australia New Zealand Fiji Southern Rhodesia Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Malayan Communist Party Malayan National Liberation Army: Victory. Malayan independence. [1] Communist retreat from Malaya. [2]
The PJPN is a medal given to members of the Royal Malaysia Police in recognition of their heroic service for the country. The recipients served the country during the Malayan Emergency era which lasted from 12 July 1948 to 31 July 1960, the Communist insurgency from 17 June 1968 to 2 December 1989 in Peninsular Malaysia and in Sabah and Sarawak ...
Britain's Asian Empire and the War with Japan. Penguin Books, London, 2005; Bose, Romen, "Secrets of the Battlebox: The Role and history of Britain's Command HQ during the Malayan Campaign", Marshall Cavendish, Singapore, 2005; Burton, John (2006). Fortnight of Infamy: The Collapse of Allied Airpower West of Pearl Harbor. US Naval Institute Press.
The monthly figures for Malaya in 1948 are from Michael Morgan, "The Rise and Fall of Malayan Trade Unionism, 1945-50", in Mohamed Amin and Malcolm Calwell, ed's, Malaya, the Making of a Neo Colony; Nottingham, UK, 1977, Spokesman Books, p. 187. Morgan's source is Annual Report of the Labour Department of the Federation of Malaya for 1948, p. 85.