Eileen Chanin - Limbang Rebellion: Seven Days in December 1962

E ILEEN C HANIN is a Sydney-based historian. Her most recent book, Book Life: The life and times of David Scott Mitchell , received the 2011 Alex Buzo Prize and was shortlisted for the 2011 CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature and the 2012 Australian Historical Association Magarey Medal for Biography. Her earlier book, Degenerates and Perverts: The 1939 Herald Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art , was awarded the New South Wales Premiers Literary Awards Australian History Prize and shortlisted for the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction. Eileen holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales, where she teaches at the College of Fine Arts. She writes for the press and Australian and international journals.

First published in Australia in 2013 by New South Publishing,
University of New South Wales Press Ltd
Sydney NSW 2052

Reprinted in this format in 2014 by

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Copyright Eileen Chanin 2013

ISBN 978 1 78346 191 2

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This book has been many years in the making. The story and many of those who have been part of it have been also a part of my life. Some of the people whom I would like to thank have sadly passed away, including my parents-in-law Dick and Dorothy Morris; Major General Sir Jeremy Moore KCB, OBE, MC & Bar; Tun Jugah; Professor William R Geddes; Alastair Morrison MBE; Wan Ali Ibrahim and Wan Alwi bin Tuanku Ibrahim.

There are many to whom I owe great personal debts that I have accumulated in researching and writing this book. I am sincerely grateful to them for their generosity in sharing their thoughts and records, and for discussing at length what has been a significant experience in their lives. Captain Derek Oakley MBE, RM has been unstintingly generous with his encouragement, time and hospitality. Lady Veryan Moore and Helen Arthy have given me much help. Major General Julian Thompson CB, OBE gave me his time and valuable insights.