80 minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbour, war came to Kotah Bahru in Malaya on 8Dec1941. One of the defenders was Captain Mohammad Anwar Khan Durrani 2/10 Baluch (red arrow, pic courtesy Akbar Durrani)
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On the 11Dec1941 Penang air raid, Mr L. Forbes said “In the congested Asiatic..area..dead and injured seemed to lie every few yards”. The aptly named Buffalo fighter is pictured.

Changi Guardian in my collection, AWM
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