On the occasion of the visit of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to Terendak Garrison on 18 February 1965. All the schoolchildren and families came to see the royal party.
Under the command of the Commonwealth of Nations
The camp was constructed to house the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group during their relocation from North Malaysia in 1959–1960. The newly built Sungai Udang Camp, which serves as the garrison for the Federation Regiment, was chosen as the location for the camp, dividing the Sungai Udang Camp in two.[1] Construction began in 1957 and was partially funded by the governments of the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The camp was originally known as Fort George before being renamed Terendak Garrison, after Terendak Hill on which the camp is located.[2]
Construction of Terendak was started in June 1957 and was completed by 1964. Terendak covered an area of close to 1,500 acres with an additional training area of 3,500 acres.
28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade occupancy started in late 1959 and by the mid-1960s the camp was fully occupied.
Terendak was handed over to the Malaysian army by the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade on 28 March 1970, and has been occupied by the 1st Infantry Brigade ever since. The Terendak Camp later housed the 3rd Infantry Division, 10th Strategic Brigade (today known as the 10th Parachute Brigade), 32nd Regiment, Royal Artillery and the 94 Armed Forces Hospital.[4]
The grave of Peter Badcoe VC at the military cemetery in Terendak Camp
28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade were actively engaged in the confrontation with Indonesia from 1963 until 1966. Some casualties from this campaign are buried in the Terendak Garrison Cemetery, additionally some Australian and New Zealand casualties from the Vietnam war are also interred at Terendak. Dependents who died of natural causes and the remains of personnel from earlier conflicts are also interred in the Terandak Garrison Cemetery.[citation needed]
There are now 323 non-World War servicemen and dependent burials in the Terendak Garrison Cemetery.[6]
Repatriation of New Zealanders interred at Terendak
Between 1960 and August 2018, 18 New Zealanders who had died in Malaysia or South Vietnam were interred in the Terendak Garrison Cemetery.[8] As the Terendak Garrison Cemetery is not a recognised Commonwealth Cemetery and the care and future of the New Zealand graves could not be guaranteed, there was a wish by New Zealand veterans groups and some families to have the remains repatriated to New Zealand for reburial.[9] After considerable consultation and much resistance from the New Zealand Government, in 2017 an offer was finally made to the families of service personnel interred at Terendak to repatriate them at public expense as part of Project Te Auraki (The Return). Project Te Auraki is a New Zealand Government initiative to repatriate the 34 New Zealand service personnel interred in non-Commonwealth War Grave Commission-administrated cemeteries around the world. On 21 August 2018, the 18 New Zealand servicemen interred at Terendak were repatriated to New Zealand, along with the 9 other service personnel and one child interred in various cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore.[10]
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