Years of service 1942-1977 Name Ibrahim Ismail | Role General Rank General officer | |
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Service/branch British Army Malaysia Army Commands held 6th Bn, Royal Malay Regiment5th Infantry Brigade1st Infantry DivisionChief of the Defence Forces Battles/wars World War IIMalayan EmergencyIndonesia–Malaysia confrontationCommunist Insurgency War Books Have You Met Mariam?, Ibrahim: Pahlawan Melayu : the Malay Warrior Place of burial Makam Pahlawan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, National Mosque of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia Battles and wars Similar People Ghazali Shafie, Ismail Abdul Rahman, Hamzah Abu Samah, Hussein Onn, Omar Yoke Lin Ong | ||
Ibrahim ismail ibra candidate no3 mdp primary mahchan goalhi dhekunu
General Tun Ibrahim bin Ismail MBE SSM (19 October 1922 – 23 December 2010) was a Malayan soldier who served in the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, subsequently rising to the post of Chief of the Malaysian Defence Forces from 1971 until 1977.
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Biography
Ismail was born in Johor Bahru, Sultanate of Johor, at the southern tip of the Malayan Peninsula. He graduated from the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun and was commissioned into the Indian Army, following the Japanese invasion of Malaya.
He was recruited into "Force 136", the cover name for the SOE in the Far East. In October 1944 he and two colleagues were parachuted onto the western coast of Terengganu as part of "Operation Oatmeal". Unfortunately their location was betrayed and they were soon captured by the Japanese – along with their codebook. After a month's interrogation, they agreed to turn double agent, but managed to inform SOE of their situation, effectively becoming triple agents.
Their disinformation led the Japanese to believe the land assault on Malaya – Operation Zipper – would occur on the Kra Isthmus, 650 miles to the north of its actual location. Fortunately Japan surrendered before the landings, and Ismail regretfully informed his captors that his religion would not permit him to commit hara-kiri with them. For his actions Captain Ismail was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in November 1946.
Post-war, Ismail joined the Sultan of Johore's State Forces, transferring to the Malay Regiment in 1951. He commanded the 6th Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment from 1958, and was promoted to Brigadier in 1962. He served as Director of Administration in the Federation Army, and then commanded the 5th Infantry Brigade, and was GOC of the 1st Infantry Division from 1966. He was involved in the suppression of the May 1969 riots and was a member of the ruling National Operations Council between 1969 and 1971. With the rank of General he then served as Chief of the Defence Forces until his retirement in 1977. In 1984 he published his wartime memoirs Have You Met Mariam?
In 2000 Ismail was appointed a Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia, and received the honorific title "Tun".
Tun Ibrahim died at Tuanku Mizan Military Hospital, Kuala Lumpur on 23 December 2010. His body was laid to rest at Makam Pahlawan near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur. He was the first military person laid to rest there.