 Officers were also trained in battle tactics at Canungra, and various research and development activities were undertaken.Following its independence from Britain in 1948, Burma had been fighting against ethnic unrest and Chinese Nationalist Kuomintang irregulars, and several Burmese Army officers had trained in Australia in the 1950s.A Burmese staff officer, Major Muang Muang, later requested the assistance of Serong or another Australian officer.