John Law AWMM

Collins AWMM

Johnny AWMM

39653 AWMM

Male AWMM

• Ngāti Porou AWMM
• Iwi Māori AWMM

Tokomaru, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM

1 February 1939 Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 10 October 2015 - Family Records

Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, New Zealand Public - Angela - Other relative - 3 May 2016 - Family History (John Collins is my Uncle. My Father, Edward Collins, is his brother)

Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, New Zealand Public - Angela - Other relative - 3 May 2016 - Family History (John Collins is my Uncle. My Father, Edward Collins, is his brother)

Wool classer/Civilian AWMM

Mother - Mrs Tangi Collins of Tokomaru Bay Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 10 October 2015 - Family Records

single
married 1966 Ingrid Nia King Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 10 October 2015 - Family Records

• Regular Military Service AWMM
• Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 AWMM
• Malaya, 1960-1964 AWMM
• Borneo Confrontation, 1963-1966 AWMM

1948-1960 AWMM
The Malayan Emergency AWMM
The Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) After the defeat of the Japanese in WWII, a new problem emerged for Malaya. In 1948 Chinese guerrilla fighters (who had been armed and air supplied by the British during the war) emerged from the jungle and under Chin Peng, began their terror campaign to take over the country by force. Thus an intense jungle war began, fought by the British, British Commonwealth and Malay forces against the Malayan Communist Party. The Australian Government of the day, along with many others in the Western bloc, was apprehensive about the spread of international communism. Initially there was not much coordination between security forces until Lt.-Gen.Sir Harold Briggs was appointed as Director of Operations in 1949. His war executive committees (including Sir Henry Gurney) coordinated emergency operations, and created 500 new villages for Malayan citizens who lived in remote areas beyond government protection. These citizens had lived in constant fear that the Communists would appear and force them to supply food and money. Travelling was dangerous as a Communist ambush could lurk behind any roadside bush. So, by depriving the insurgents of their crucial sources of supplies and information, the Communists began to attack the new settlements. But the security forces were now fighting on their own ground, and proved to be too strong for the Communists. These forces were able to concentrate on jungle operations, thereby destroying the Communists and their camps. This was the longest continuous military commitment in Australia's history. It was to be the only war the West had won against Communism. The Emergency lasted for twelve years, ending in 1960. Australia suffered 15 killed and 27 wounded in action. From http://www.raafschoolpenang.com/malaysia.htm AWMM

Army AWMM

39653 AWMM

Malaya New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion NZMVA

28 May 2007 AWMM
Age 68 AWMM
Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM

Whangara Urupa, Whangara, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 October 2015 - Family Information

Former All Black and Poverty Bay rugby great John Law Collins died in Gisborne on Monday. He was 68.
Second five-eighth Collins was 25 when he became an All Black in the 1964-65 season.
He played a total of three tests against Australia and South Africa, all of which New Zealand won.
He also represented New Zealand Maori from 1964 to 1966.
He made his debut for Poverty Bay in 1958 and his last season was 1968 in a career interrupted by active service in the New Zealand Army in Malaysia.
He played 50 games for Poverty Bay and was a Marist club stalwart.
He is survived by wife, Ingrid, and two children. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 October 2015 - NZ Herald 30 May 2007

• Obituary, New Zealand Herald, 30 May 2007
  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10442679
  Obituary
• The New Zealand Malaya Veterans Association.
  http://www.malayavets.co.nz/
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand and the Malayan Emergency.
  http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/the-malayan-emergency
  Further Reference
• Gisborne Photo News. (1964, August 13) John Collins Issue 122, p. 31
  http://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/issue/GPN122_19640813/t1-body-d22.html
  Further Reference

• The New Zealand Herald AWMM
• Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
  Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, UK. OUP. AWMM
• Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
• The New Zealand Herald AWMM