What contributions did Lieutenant Adnan Bin Saidi make to Singapore?

Answer 1

Lieutenant Adnan bin Saidi, (1915 - 14 February 1942), was a Malayan soldier of the 1st Infantry Brigade which fought the Japanese in the Battle of Singapore. He is regarded by Malaysians and Singaporeans today as a hero for his actions on Bukit Chandu....

Answer 2

During the fierce defense of

Singapore

against the Japanese invaders, Lieutenant Adnan Bin Saidi as the leader of the Malay troops led a 42-strong

platoon

from the

Malay Regiment

. On 12-14

February

1942, soldiers fought bravely at the

Battle of Pasir Panjang

, at

Pasir Panjang

Ridge which is now known as Kent ridge in the

Bukit Chandu

(Opium Hill) area despite being out-gunned by Japanese artillery. The very next day, the Japanese tried to trick the Malays in the British army by dressing up as Indian soldiers. It was Lieutenant Adnan Bin Saidi who was sharp enough to noticed that those familiar topeed figures were marching in fours instead of the usual threes in the Indian army. Adnan killed several Japanese when he saw through their disguise, and the rest of the Japanese retreat. Although they are heavily outnumbered Adnan Bin Saidi refused to surrender, and encourage his men to fight until the end of their lives. For two days, Japanese are held off by them, amid heavy enemy shelling and shortages of food and ammunition as the fight went on. Adnan Bin Saidi carried on fighting despite that he was shot. After they lost battle, he was captured, dragged and pushed into a gunnysack, when the Japanese overran his Malay soldiers, they hung him by his legs, tied him to a

cherry

tree and

bayoneted

(stabbed) him to death for his stubbornness resistance again and again as they were angered by the death of their fellow comrades . His throat was slit repeatedly in some instances. Adnan witnessed these gruesome deeds in Corporal Yaakob’s state of ‘death’. No one was allowed to bring down his body for burial in the aftermath of the battle and no one even dared. It claimed that Lieutenant Adnan Saidi's mutilated body was burnt to ashes in some sources , and died in battle at the age of 27.