The landing at Labis is an unsuccessful attempt to land an Indonesian landing on September 2, 1964 near Labis, Johor , as part of the Indonesian-Malaysian confrontation .
| Landing at Labis |
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| Main conflict: Indonesian-Malaysian confrontation |
| date | September-October 1964 |
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| A place | Labis, Johor , Malaysia |
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| Total | Allied victory |
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32 dead, 62 prisoners | 1 killed |
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Indonesian paratroopers were aboard three Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport planes, departing from Jakarta . However, only two of them reached the landing zone: the third plane fell into the Strait of Malacca , trying to avoid interception of Gloster Javelin planes taking off from the Malaysian airbase in Singapore [1] . Tropical storms swept Indonesian paratroopers 160 km around Labis, north of Singapore. The landing zone was located near the 1/10 Gurkha Polk camp, which later joined forces to clean up the area with the 1st New Zealand Battalion and the 28th British Infantry Brigade.
Under the general command of the headquarters of the 4th Malaysian Infantry Brigade, the operation to capture 98 Indonesian paratroopers took about a month. As a result, 32 paratroopers were killed, another 62 were captured, the Allies lost only one fighter: a New Zealand soldier was killed in a shootout. Patrols continued to explore the area around Labis throughout October [2] .
