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| Monday, 13-Feb-2006 14:25 |
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Malay Regiment - The Last Stand
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Every year on this date, 14 February I have not failed to remember the sacrifices and courage of one man whom by now is not known by the younger generations.Here a lil contributions to the late
Lt Adnan bin Saidi ~ 1915 - 14 Feb 1945
The scene of one of the most ferocious battles fought in Singapore during the Japanese invasion. Three days after the brutal encounter, bayoneted bodies were still hanging from trees.
Lt Adnan, suffering from several bullet and shrapnel wounds and a broken arm, refused to leave his men and fought alongside them with pistol, sword and finally as ammunition ran out, his bare hands.
Australian troops fighting nearby looked on with horror at what happened next. “The Malays started to fight the Japanese on Reformatory Road,” said Lt. Penrod V. Dean of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion. “They had dug slit trenches but they didn't have a lot of weapons. They started fighting the Japanese just with rifles virtually. And when the Japanese broke through them, the Malays took to them with bayonets, they put bayonets on the rifles and with a bayonet charge they drove the Japanese back across Reformatory Road. They were very brave people. They fought very hard, but for every Malay soldier there was about 10 or 12 Japanese soldiers. So it was inevitable what was going to happen.”
| Quote: | | Adnan led a 42-strong platoon from the Malay Regiment in the defense of Singapore against the Japanese invaders. The soldiers fought bravely at the Battle of Pasir Panjang, at Pasir Panjang Ridge in the Bukit Chandu (Opium Hill) area on February 12-14, 1942. Although heavily outnumbered, Adnan refused to surrender and urged his men to fight until the end. They held off the Japanese for two days amid heavy enemy shelling and shortages of food and ammunition. Adnan was shot but carried on fighting. After the battle was lost, the wounded Adnan was taken prisoner by Japanese soldiers, who tied him to a cherry tree and bayoneted him to death. |
So everyone in Singapore and Malaysia let us take 14 Feb as the date of rememberance of our Malay Heroes
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