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Convalescence and diversional therapy at the British Military Hospital in the Cameron Highlands
  1. Thomas Probert
  1. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Thomas Probert, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK; thomas.probert{at}open.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2024-002700

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    In June 1948, Malaya was declared to be in a state of emergency following a period of increased political violence culminating in the killing of European rubber planters. It would go on to become the UK’s longest running post-war counterinsurgency campaign, officially ending in 1960. The counterinsurgency campaign not only involved static guards but also operations which took service personnel into the jungle. As such, they were exposed to a range of illnesses and diseases which saw large numbers hospitalised. Further to this, soldiers could be injured in contacts with the insurgents.

    At the start of emergency, a convent school in the Cameron Highlands was being used as a convalescent hospital for the ill and injured. The Cameron Highlands was traditionally an area of rest and recreation. This continued into the emergency with a small change of air station set up to accommodate officers, other ranks and their families for a brief period of leave midway through their tours …

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    • Contributors TP is the sole contributor.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.