1.0 Background

Adnan in his formal uniform.

1.1 Education

Sekolah Melayu Sungai Ramal, Kajang is where he taken his lessons in English stream. He is a hardworking and excellent student in that school. After that, he work almost a year as a teacher trainee before consider to applying the Malay Regiment.  

1.2 Family

He was born as Adnan Bin Saidi at Kampung Sungai Ramal, Kajang, Selangor in 1915. He was the eldest child in his family. Two of his siblings, Ahmad Saidi and Amarullah Saidi both were soldiers. Ahmad Saidi who was a navy died during his duty when his ship, HMS Pelanduk was sunk by the Japanese during their journey to Australia in 1939. Meanwhile, Amarulla Saidi was still alive to this day since he had survived the war and currently he resides in Kajang. He was married to Sophia Pakih Muda, an Islamic religious teacher in his village. They had two sons, Mokhtar and Zainudin and also a daughter, who died after the birth. Nowadays, only Mokhtar who still live and working as a taxi driver somewhere nearby Seremban. Meanwhile, some said that Zainudin, a retired soldier died and his family currently resides in Johor.   

1.3 Entering Malay Regiment

In 1933, Adnan who aged 18 years old started his duty in Royal Malay Regiment. One year after he was chose as the best recruit among his squadron. Two year afterward in 1936, he was ranked as Sergeant. He was the youngest who ever achieved the Sergeant rank at such a young age. He was one of the chosen one for celebrating King George VI event that held at London in 1937. Soon afterward he was once again ranked up as Kompeni-Sarjan-Major and been sent to Singapore for training. After finishing the training, as a ‘Leftenan Muda’ he was appointed as the leader of seventh platoon, Kompeni C.