Monday, September 23, 2013

Biography of Kanang

Kanang Anak Langkau


  Born on 2 March 1945 at Julau,Sarawak. He died on 3 January 2013. His educational level is not so high, he only studied until standard 3. He cannot be apart from his grandfather and that is why he stop schooling. He never met his father because his mother and father was divorced. When he stay with his grandparent, he became a boy with no direction in life. He always go hunting and fishing to spend his leisure time.

 When he grew up as a teenager he works as rubber tappers, coal carrier, and cook for Mr Ford. On that time he doesn't have many friends because of his bad temper. His grandparent are the only one who always talk and teach him about life. When he was 17, he works as a boat driver and one day after sending some customer to an interview, he was offered to be the soldiers. He reject the offer but after that he accept it and he become the Iban Tracker in 1962.

 He has many experiences when he was in the 1st Royal New Zealand Army team. In 1965, he got married with Helen. After working for 21 years, he finally retired in 1986. While he was working, he had receive many awards from the government because of his bravery.