What Was That Thump

1 section as part of Alpha Company 1 RAR (1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment) as part of the 3rd Australian Infantry Brigade conducting counter insurgency operations in Malaysia against Islamic Fundamentalists and rogue TNI (Indonesian Military) elements who are intent on creating a Shari ruled Islamic state incorporating Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The story centres around the activity of a particular Infantry section as they conduct operations as part of the 1st Battalion. Follow their journey through operations on the Malaysian mainland and then onto Eastern Malaysia (Sarawak) as they attempt to suppress the insurgency. It is in Eastern Malaysia that the story accelerates. Separated from their Platoon and Battalion due to the TNI offensive they find themselves in a right pickle! Follow the different twists as the book alters course, get a feel for the suffering, the hardship, the mateship, the sacrifice and the Aussie humour. The descriptive narration of events will entice the reader to read on. The reader will become absorbed in the personalities of the men. You will not want to put the book down.