John Williams (British Army officer)
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John Williams (British Army officer)
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John Williams (1934–2002) was a British Army officer. John Williams, known as Patch after losing an eye during the battle of Plaman Mapu during the Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation, joined the Army as a bandsman in 1949. He transferred to the infantry in 1954. He served with the Parachute Regiment in the Suez Canal Zone, Cyprus and Borneo. On 27 April 1965, Williams's company base at Plaman Mapu, on the border between the Malaysian state of Sarawak and Indonesia, came under heavy attack by the I
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