8th Indian Brigade- central sector Kelantan beach defence

The central sector of the beach defence in Kelantan was from the Kota Bharu town on the right bank of the Kelantan River to Bachok beach. It covered the Kota Bharu beach near the airfield and was defended by the 3/17th Dogra Regt. This pillbox is located at Pulau Kundur near Badang beach

This pillbox is located facing the Kelantan River in Kota Bharu town.

This is a well for one company of the 3/17th Dogras near Kemasin beach

8th Indian Brigade-left sector Kelantan beach defence

The left sector of the 8th Indian Brigade is on the left bank of the Kelantan River.The beach defence in this sector  was manned by the 2/12th Frontier Force Rifles. There is one pillbox left on this sector at Tumpat near the Thai border

 

A well of the 1/13th  Frontier Force Regiment on this sector was relocated to the World War 2 Memorial.in Kota Bharu

Bank Kerapu WW2 Memorial

A good place to begin the visit is at the Bank Kerapu war museum in Kota Bharu. It has a number of wartime memorabilia, information and artefacts of the war.

This is a Browning 7.62 mm machine gun with a bent barrel that was found in the ground near the Kota Bharu airport. This was the machine gun of the Royal Australian Air Force's Lockheed Hudson I aircraft of either No.1 Squadron or No.8 Squadron that attacked the Japanese transports and landing crafts on the beach. It was later left behind at the airfield when the British fled hastily southward.

This is an Australian monument to the RAAF pilots who were killed in the battle during the Japanese landing.