RAN 16th Minesweeping Squadron - A Kiwi on our Funnel

Book Link - A Kiwi On Our Funnel by Gerry Wright

For 30 years the British government kept most of
the records of this undeclared war under wraps.
This book tells the story of two small warships,
manned by New Zealanders that helped protect the
newly independent Federation of Malaysia from
Indonesian insurgents during those turbulent years
of 1965-66.

These were the first New Zealand warships manned
in part by Volunteer Naval Reserve officers in a
conflict zone since World War II and the last to be
involved in a hot action with a known enemy.
With 190 pages and many photographs and maps,
the book explains the background, lead-up and
much detail of the naval effort in that conflict.
Principally this story is about HMNZS Hickleton and
Santon and those who served in them.

Order DIRECT from
Gerry Wright

Price $A30.00 postage included to Australia.

Our story is much the same as of those in the 16th
as we all worked together in the Inshore Flotilla,
Singapore.

anchor colour to base colour here

THE
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
16th MINESWEEPING SQUADRON