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d s former student major gen rtd datuk toh choon siang had high praises for his master someone he has known for 45 years harchand left a lasting impression among his charges whom he had often described as his precious jewels who fought alongside him in many battles against communist insurgents the confrontation with indonesia and the two emergencies i had known him since the day i joined the army way back in january 1977 when my short service commission intake 31 batch mates and i reported for training at the pre officers cadet training unit pre octu at sebatang karah camp in port dickson negri sembilan harchand was the facility s commandant as a lieutenant colonel said toh in his eulogy at harchand s funeral in port dickson recently present to pay their last respects were harchand s widow eva guest and son zoraveer singh army senior officers institute commandant brig gen inderjit singh and his deputy col suthan venkatachalam army training and doctrine chief of staff col jagjit singh and its colonel doctrine col norulhisham mohd shuib army infantry directorate deputy director col wan edenin wan mahsin negri sembilan veterans association secretary general major rtd sahi kassim and harchand s close buddy major rtd a r ramachandran major gen rtd datuk toh choon siang presenting his eulogy at the funeral of the late col rtd harchand singh in port dickson negri sembilan nstp adrian david also there were toh s batch mates lt col rtd lee chee kiat capt rtd loo choon chew capt rtd chong phi lip and capt rtd steven liew hon seng they gathered around harchand s coffin to accord him a final salute as the last post was played before toh handed over the national flag symbolically to zoraveer toh who retired as the sibu sarawak based army first division commander in 2019 said harchand s appointment to command four ranger battalions was something anyone could pride himself of reminiscing his earlier service days toh said between 1983 and 1985 he had the honour of serving under harchand again as an instructor at the army combat training centre pulada in ulu tiram johor a true officer and gentleman harchand was a great commander leader father and elder brother to all of us in the armed forces he sacrificed a good 33 years of his youth serving the army with distinction said toh adding that harchand was among the first group of multiracial officers who joined the pre octu of the federation military college in 1952 harchand was among the early ones selected for cadet training after the famous templer s 12 12 young men hand picked by british high commissioner field marshal tun sir gerald templer to form the nucleus of army officers after six months at pre octu harchand s group of 36 potential officers were initially sent to eaton hall england for a six month stint he was among 24 who proceeded to the royal military academy sandhurst england for another six months before being commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1955 into the 1st battalion federation regiment said toh harchand was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1968 and first commanded the 4th battalion based in ipoh perak then the 2nd kota kinabalu sabah a year later 5th port dickson in 1972 and 9th penang in 1978 he was promoted to colonel in 1981 as pulada commandant and retired in 1985 harchand lived a long and colourful life and we are going to miss him dearly though we are sad that he has to leave us but we should be happy at the same time because he need not have to endure anymore pain due to his recent illness on behalf of all his comrades i would like to thank eva for having taken such good care of him all these years he would not have enjoyed the good life he had without you toh said he thanked the church for organising the wake and the funeral service toh commended the 8th battalion royal rangers regiment parachute led by commanding officer lt col zahari affandi mat noor for arranging the pall bearers to ceremoniously send off the malaysian flag draped coffin of harchand s cortege lastly on behalf of eva harchand s friends relatives and former comrades in arms i will like to bid him a heartfelt farewell and may you have a smooth journey to the better place rest in peace sir toh summed up share posted by major d swami retired 1 18 am 0 comments lest we forget 7th rangers on the rebounce lundu sarawak 1972 by lieutenant colonel baldev singh johl retired tuesday may 03 2022 on 26th march 2022 i stood in silence for one minute with lt col bathamanthan m to honor those killed in an ambush 50 years ago due to some major tactical miscalculations there have been many whys no answers i prayed for their souls to rest in peace no one was under my command but we belonged to the same unit 7th rangers one of the most scarred units in our army a monument has been built at the site of the ambush but there appears a lack of will to launch it do we not feel the pain major sabdin ghani as a 2nd lieutenant in 7th rangers who should have at least been bestowed with a sp or pgb when lesser individuals than him were disgracefully honored because of connections the ambush 26th march 1972 the bitterness is still in the mouth and the pain deep in our hearts fifty years have passed the lives lost should not be lost in vain it was that un fateful day on 26th march 1972 that an admin convoy from 7th rangers comprising an assorted group of bottle washers was ambushed by a group of about 30 40 communist terrorists cts along the lundu biawak road at that time 7th ranger s main fighting force was operating in the serian area in a special operation under 3rd malaysian infantry brigade kuching sarawak in the ambush 15 soldiers were killed 4 were wounded and the ct group captured a number of weapons and a tra 906 radio set as this news dawned upon the unit s fighting echelons in serian blood boiled past threshold levels having lost 15 of our soldiers there was little we could do from serian some 150km away from lundu where 7th rangers was stationed under our breaths we wowed revenge operation bela was launched redeployment 27th march 1972 in the early hours of 27th march we redeployed directly into our redesigned area of operations ao a company a coy was flown from a landing point lp at ferry point intersection of road lundu bau sg stamin and off loaded into the swampy area of kg mengkudu some 10kms south of the ambush site we spent the next 3 weeks searching with no joy we were too far south my platoon no 3 pl was in a bad shape fatigued and badly in need for some fresh cloths i had returned the previous day from my company support weapons course at pulada to be confronted with this tragedy my officer in command oc capt sabdin ghani was on course in australia the company was commanded by the company second in command coy 2ic lt abdullah hj yusuf a joyful officer but at this time there were no smiles instead i could see he was breathing fire first strike lt abdullah hj yusof opening accounts rest replenishment 15th april to 18th april 1972 on 15th april a coy was withdrawn to tac hq at lundu for some rest and replenishment i was quick to get my boys their clothing exchanged cleaned up weapons ammunitions and conducted a hygiene inspection of the platoon we caught up with some rest and i took some time to orientate myself to our unit s ao there was always a lot of activity going on in the operations room ops room and i guessed it was on enemy assessments and where we would be redeployed after our short rest there was also some time to catch up with the other officers in the unit generally there was a gloom hanging over our heads a major strike was needed to change this ct signs emerge 18th april 1972 on the 18th april at about 1500hrs i was informed that a border scout had brought some information we needed that lt abdullah was called up to the ops room and when he returned he called the coy s orders group this morning 18th april a ct group made inquiries about crossing sg stamin at a jungle fringe at kg perian about 20 kms south of lundu they were dressed in green and carried weapons it is assessed this group intends to cross sg stamin and head to bau using the track leading to the lundu bau road coy hq and no 2 pl will investigate this when we make contact baldev you will do the follow up be ready to move from here tac hq i was ready the move out at 1800hrs a coy hq and no 2 pl moved out on 1 x land rover and 2 x 3 ton trucks wo2 abdul rahman also known as rahman harimau the company sargeant major csm instructed the group masa kita keluar kem jangan pandang balik whatever meaning it carried i took it was for good i bided the group luck and saw them leave lundu camp they crossed the ferry point at sg stamin and debussed some 8 kms up road at a track junction branching off the lundu bau road to kg perian i geared up my platoon and waited for developments linear ambush under the moonlight abdullah s group moved silently along the track towards kg perian sg stamin at around midnight lt abdullah decided to stop and continue the move at first light he set out a linear ambush along the track and carefully laid 2 claymore mines covering the killing area the track towards the river once set the group waited the moonlight was bright enough to watch the front the ambush is sprung about 30 mins later four 4 figures dark shadows appeared walking slowly along the track heading towards the road junction the figures suddenly stopped in the killing area they must have sensed something unusual the lead figure stamped his foot 4 times on the ground and the figures started moving backwards abdullah sprung the ambush igniting the claymore mines this was followed by a brief fire fight before the peace of the night returned amidst the strong smell of gunpowder then it was a long wait to dawn as the fogs of war crept it abdullah reported the contact by morse code as there was heavy atmospheric interreference i alerted my platoon and moved to the communications centre and kept myself updated on the situation details were sketchy but sufficient for my deployment by 0600hrs my platoon crossed the ferry point and we deployed to the north of the contact site 2 cts killed tra 906 recovered at first light abdullah searched and mopped up the killing area one ct lay dead close to the killing area and another was found a short distant away abdullah reported the findings 2 cts kia that was great we got them a short while later abdullah reported the finding of 2 weapons and 4 packs a search of the packs was made to our joy abdullah found the radio set we lost in the ambush of 26th march 1972 it was neatly packed in one of the packs he reported we have recovered our tra 906 radio set at that moment a voice rang out on the other side golf oscar charlie speaking confirm that you have recovered the lost radio set abdullah yes confirmed it our radio set the voice well done keep it up that was all we need a good result that day 19th april 1972 our revenge began these kills also marked the first operational success for of 7th rangers since formation there was great joy especially on hearing the recovery of our radio set this was a morale booster the gloom was lifted the unit s battle account was opened and we needed to put in more credit into the account blood trails in the follow up operation we found heavy blood trails and bits of human flesh scattered along the track to sg stamin where the trails were lost it appeared another ct was severely wounded it was later confirmed through other contacts that the blood trail was that of another wounded ct who succumbed to the wounds the information was decoded from letters captured during contacts elsewhere charlie company scored too may june 1972 the following months were spent on search and destroy just waiting to make the next contact there were strikes by charlie company under capt ropee adnan and lt zulkifly abdul rahman late two cts were kia in the titiakar area about 15 kms away from lundu in may june 1972 in this contact again atmospheric interference was heavy and communications difficult i was deployed to set up a rebro station midway to relay results and instructions second contact capt sabdin ghani valour displayed more information surfaces 24th july 1972 during our next standby at the tac hq there was a similar report to that of our first contact in april this time my oc capt sabdin ghani was back in command at about 1600hrs on 24th july 1972 capt sabdin was called to the ops room by the commanding officer co lt col hussein ali piah in the op room the unit io lt dan yunan and a scruffy looking border scout were waiting behind the scruffy looks the information we needed was splashed a ct group had been conducting regular visits to an outlaying hut house isolated in kg kabong about 10 kms east of kg selampit a village located along sungai stamin some 50 kms south of lundu the group usually stayed long hours till midnight and had been coming almost every night that was all capt sabdin wanted if this border scout travelled some 60 kms to pass this information then there was high chance it to be true and an opportunity to be exploited after some detailed discussions capt sabdin returned to the coy lines it looked like he had a plan worked out in his head we are going to get this group capt sabdin called his orders group selected his light strike team and tasked me as the standby again for follow up his orders were brief and to the point we are going to get this group baldev you will be on standby here at tac hq you move immediately when we make contact capt sabdin had a style of delivering his orders short sharp and he had a very menacing look on his face i noticed how he gritted his teeth i saw determination on his face it inspired me preamble i report to 7th rangers april 1971 i commissioned on 16th april 1971 at the royal military college rmc sg besi or iron river as many of us referred it to i was the lone ranger to report to 7th rangers at tac hq in kelian intan kroh perak the unit was then on ops kota after a brief orientation to the unit thanks to the noisy group the adjutant capt norman sta maria late the io capt soman selvaraj late and our regimental medical officer capt dr yong uncle fangs big eater i was set to move on the orientation included initiation of the rainbow special seven assorted drinks to signify 7th rangers to be downed in one go at the mess i do not know how but i did it capt ropee adnan the oc of c coy had me disappear from the mess during the 2 nights at tac hq into the bunker beside the mess it was very cold at night and the mess staff were kind to throw me some blankets some orientation it was whatever was thrown at me i took it but i looked forward to joining the subunit i was meant to be in the co lt col hussein ali piah after welcoming me said you will join a coy in kg alai it was located some 15 kms down the klian intan grik road i report to capt sabdin ghani oc a coy a coy was commanded by capt sabdin ghani a sabahan with some dashing looks i was to command...