2 SBS - Tawau Assault Group

Unit/ Formation: SBS

Location: Sarawak

Period/ Conflict: Malayan Emergency

Year: 1964

Date/s: October 1964

2 SBS were flown into Sarawak area and set up a HQ in Wallace Bay as part of the Tawau Assault Group to conduct operations supporting 40 Cdo RM.

Between 1963 and 1966 SBS teams carried out various reconnaissance missions and amphibious raids across the border in Indonesian Kalimanta.

Royal Marines Related 'Dits':

1. Royal Marines in Borneo - 1962 - 1966

2. Colonel David Mitchell 2 SBS - Borneo

3. 40 Cdo in Sabah 1964 - Tawau Assault Group