battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Beaufort

Name: Battle of Beaufort
Start: 1945-06-28
Location: Beaufort, Malaysia

Battle of Beaufort was a battle fought on 28 June 1945 at Beaufort, in what is now Malaysia. The recorded result: Allied victory. Recorded strength: Two battalions against 800–1,000.

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AWM image 110263. BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 28 JUNE 1945. MEMBERS OF A MORTAR CREW OF 3 PLATOON, 2/43 INFANTRY BATTALION LAYING DOWN A BARRAGE ON JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE AREA.. Not stated in the AWM record, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought28 June 1945

WhereBeaufort, Malaysia5.346N, 115.745E

OutcomeAllied victory

BelligerentsAustraliaagainstEmpire of Japan

Casualties and losses7 killed, 38 woundedand~ 93 killed, 2 captured

Record

Date	28 June 1945
Place	Beaufort, Malaysia 5.346N, 115.745E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	Two battalions	800–1,000
Casualties and losses	7 killed, 38 wounded	~ 93 killed, 2 captured
Commanders	Selwyn Porter

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Labuan 1945, 59 km W
Battle of Tarakan 1945, 300 km SE
Battle of Tarakan 1942, 300 km SE
Johnson South Reef skirmish 1988, 512 km N
Camp Cawa-Cawa Siege 1989, 722 km E

Elsewhere in 1945

Battle of Beaufort is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 45 in present-day Malaysia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q85745816, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Beaufort (1945), revision 1370433728, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.