LANDING IN MALAYA
JAPANESE NAVAL FORCE (L-nitea Press Assn.- —Elec. Tel. Copyrlgat) (Received Dec. 0, 11 a.m.) SINGAPORE, Dec. 8 Sir Shenton Thomas, Governor of the Federated Malay States, announced that the Japanese force off Kota Bharu consisted of one cruiser, four destroyers, one armed merchantman and one transport. The main landing occurred off Singora. Royal Air Force reports say that the Japanese also landed at Patani from transports and destroyers. The air raid casualties at Singapore are 60 dead and 135 taken to hospital. Other Singapore messages say that the enemy- landing near Kota Bharu means that members of the Australian Air Force were first in action in the defence of Malaya. Royal Air Force bomber squadrons are operating from the Kota Bharu aerodrome, while the defence of the aerodrome itself is in the hand of Indian troops, who have trained for months to repel landings such as this. Although the aerodrome is close to the coast the attacking troops were obliged to traverse considerable areas of jungle to reach this objective.
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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21599, 9 December 1941, Page 5
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