- SURNAME
Ibrahim bin Ismail
- FORENAME
- UNIT
Force 136 SOE
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
IEC 1155
- AWARD
Member of the Order of the British Empire
- PLACE
Malaya 1944-45
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 19 Hyderabad Regiment,Indian Army
born 19.10.1922 Johor Baru,Malaya
son of Dato Ismail bin Abu Bakar
educated Air Molek Malay School
educated Ngee Heng English School
educated Bukit Zaharah English School
educated English College
Indian Military Academy,Dehra Dun
commissioned Indian Army
India Mission SOE 1941
Force 136 SOE 1944-45
Operation Oatmeal
POW October 1944 Malaya
released August 1945
Kumaon Regiment 1946
Sultan of Johore's State Forces
Malay (later Royal) Regiment 1951
6 Bn Royal Malay Regiment (C.O.) April 1958
Brigadier 1962
Director of Administration,Federation Army
C.O. 5th Infantry Brigade
GOC 1st Infantry Division 1966
member,National Operations Council (LtGen) 1969-71
Chief of Defence Forces 1971-77
retired 30.11.1977 (General)
created Tun (General Tun Ibrahim Ismail)
Chairman,Malaysia Smelting Corporation
Director,Straits Trading Company and Permodalal National
appointed Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Malaysia 2000
author "Have You Met Mariam ?" (1984) (wartime memoirs)
married Toh Puan Zakiah Ahmad (4 children)
died 23.12.2010 Tuanku Mizan Armed Forces Hospital,Malaysia
Warriors' Mausoleum,National Mosque,Malaysia
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