2/8764 Private Carl Adrian Jay - 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Died of Accident Gunshot Wounds Malaya - 23rd March 1956.
Private Carl Jay died on active service on 23 March 1956 (died of wounds – gunshot wounds – non battle casualty, accidentally wounded). Private Jay, a prominent Lithgow sportsman, died on 23 March 1956 as a result of a wound accidentally received on patrol in the Malayan jungle, aged 20.
Jay was the former wrestling champion of the Lithgow Police and Citizens Boys' Club. He was the third Australian soldier to die in similar circumstances since the Australian troops landed in Malaya. He represented the club at wrestling, boxing and Rugby League. He was an exponent of unarmed combat and had a strong desire to be a paratrooper. He joined the Regular Army for six years after serving three months National Service at Holsworthy.
Private Jay was buried in the Taiping (Kamunting Road) Christian Cemetery in Perak, Malaysia. His name is honoured on panel 2 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. His name was recited at a Service of Commemoration held in Adelaide on Saturday 16 June 2018 by the SA-NT Branch to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Malayan Emergency.
The sacrifice of 45 Australians who lost their lives whilst on active service during and immediately after the Malayan Emergency (16 June 1948 to 31 July 1960) was not in vain, serving to uphold the sovereignty of Malaya allowing the successful attainment of independence on 31 August 1957, and the eventual creation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.
Died of Accident Gunshot Wounds Malaya - 23rd March 1956.
Private Carl Jay died on active service on 23 March 1956 (died of wounds – gunshot wounds – non battle casualty, accidentally wounded). Private Jay, a prominent Lithgow sportsman, died on 23 March 1956 as a result of a wound accidentally received on patrol in the Malayan jungle, aged 20.
Jay was the former wrestling champion of the Lithgow Police and Citizens Boys' Club. He was the third Australian soldier to die in similar circumstances since the Australian troops landed in Malaya. He represented the club at wrestling, boxing and Rugby League. He was an exponent of unarmed combat and had a strong desire to be a paratrooper. He joined the Regular Army for six years after serving three months National Service at Holsworthy.
Private Jay was buried in the Taiping (Kamunting Road) Christian Cemetery in Perak, Malaysia. His name is honoured on panel 2 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. His name was recited at a Service of Commemoration held in Adelaide on Saturday 16 June 2018 by the SA-NT Branch to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Malayan Emergency.
The sacrifice of 45 Australians who lost their lives whilst on active service during and immediately after the Malayan Emergency (16 June 1948 to 31 July 1960) was not in vain, serving to uphold the sovereignty of Malaya allowing the successful attainment of independence on 31 August 1957, and the eventual creation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.
2/8764 Private Carl Adrian Jay - 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Died of Accident Gunshot Wounds Malaya - 23rd March 1956.
Private Carl Jay died on active service on 23 March 1956 (died of wounds – gunshot wounds – non battle casualty, accidentally wounded). Private Jay, a prominent Lithgow sportsman, died on 23 March 1956 as a result of a wound accidentally received on patrol in the Malayan jungle, aged 20.
Jay was the former wrestling champion of the Lithgow Police and Citizens Boys' Club. He was the third Australian soldier to die in similar circumstances since the Australian troops landed in Malaya. He represented the club at wrestling, boxing and Rugby League. He was an exponent of unarmed combat and had a strong desire to be a paratrooper. He joined the Regular Army for six years after serving three months National Service at Holsworthy.
Private Jay was buried in the Taiping (Kamunting Road) Christian Cemetery in Perak, Malaysia. His name is honoured on panel 2 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. His name was recited at a Service of Commemoration held in Adelaide on Saturday 16 June 2018 by the SA-NT Branch to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Malayan Emergency.
The sacrifice of 45 Australians who lost their lives whilst on active service during and immediately after the Malayan Emergency (16 June 1948 to 31 July 1960) was not in vain, serving to uphold the sovereignty of Malaya allowing the successful attainment of independence on 31 August 1957, and the eventual creation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.
Died of Accident Gunshot Wounds Malaya - 23rd March 1956.
Private Carl Jay died on active service on 23 March 1956 (died of wounds – gunshot wounds – non battle casualty, accidentally wounded). Private Jay, a prominent Lithgow sportsman, died on 23 March 1956 as a result of a wound accidentally received on patrol in the Malayan jungle, aged 20.
Jay was the former wrestling champion of the Lithgow Police and Citizens Boys' Club. He was the third Australian soldier to die in similar circumstances since the Australian troops landed in Malaya. He represented the club at wrestling, boxing and Rugby League. He was an exponent of unarmed combat and had a strong desire to be a paratrooper. He joined the Regular Army for six years after serving three months National Service at Holsworthy.
Private Jay was buried in the Taiping (Kamunting Road) Christian Cemetery in Perak, Malaysia. His name is honoured on panel 2 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. His name was recited at a Service of Commemoration held in Adelaide on Saturday 16 June 2018 by the SA-NT Branch to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Malayan Emergency.
The sacrifice of 45 Australians who lost their lives whilst on active service during and immediately after the Malayan Emergency (16 June 1948 to 31 July 1960) was not in vain, serving to uphold the sovereignty of Malaya allowing the successful attainment of independence on 31 August 1957, and the eventual creation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.
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