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The following photos featured my visit to Sungei Lembing (Malay for River Spear), off the Town of Kuantan. There is a museum of the Pahang Consolidated Company Limited where the Mine's Manager, Vincent Baker, refused to leave the mine during the invasion of Malaya by the Imperial Japanese Army during WW2. Vincent and his sister Nona Baker fled into the surrounding jungles and joined the MPAJA ( Malayan People's Anti Japanese Army) - the 7th Regiment in East Pahang. Nona Baker's experiences were recorded in "Pai Naa: The Story of an English woman's survival in the Malayan Jungle". The Straits Times 7 Oct 1945 featured an article "...Miss Nona Baker, the only English Girl Guerilla in Malaya, has returned to civilsation..." .Times of Malaya cir.1940s
very interesting article.I once worked with this company from 1969 to 1985 before migrating to Australia. This company has got so much history that dated back to the early centuries. Cornish Miners from Cornwall in England were the early europeans that started this town which is renowed at one time the deapest tin lode mines in the world.This town is always been a place to visit whenever I am visiting Malaysia. Francis Han 2012
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