Abdul Hamid Bidin

General (Rtd) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid bin Bidin^[1][2] (1 July 1918 – 12 June 1996) was the 4th Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia.

Yang Berbahagia General (Rtd) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bidin PSM SPMK DPMK DIMP JMN PJK PMP
4th Chief of Defence Forces
In office 25 November 1969 – 30 June 1970
Monarchs	Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Tunku Abdul Rahman Abdul Razak Hussein
Minister of Defence	Abdul Razak Hussein
Preceded by	Tunku Osman
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Ismail
4th Chief of Army
In office 1 January 1964 – 24 November 1969
Preceded by	Tunku Osman
Succeeded by	Ungku Nazaruddin Ungku Mohamed
Personal details
Born	(1918-07-01)1 July 1918 Kampung Pianggu, Endau, Rompin, Pahang, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	12 June 1996(1996-06-12) (aged 77)
Profession	Senior military officer
Military service
Allegiance	Malaysia
Branch/service	Malaysian Army
Years of service	1939–1970
Rank	General
Commands	Chief of Army (1964-1969) Chief of Defence Forces (1969–1970)

Early life

Abdul Hamid bin Bidin was born on 1 July 1918 in Kampung Pianggu, Endau, Rompin, Pahang.

Military career

He began his involvement in the military on 1 August 1939 when he underwent a 6-month recruit training in Port Dickson. General Hamid became the first local to become ADC (escort) of the British High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney in 1950. He was also honored to command the Third Brigade in Congo in the UN Peacekeeping Force from 10 March 1961 to 28 March 1962. After that, General Hamid was promoted to major general and held the post of Chief of Staff of the Army. He was later promoted again to lieutenant general (7 July 1966) and finally general (1 July 1968). He was appointed Chief of Defence Forces on 25 November 1969.

Honours

•  Malaya :
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (1961)^[3]
•  Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the Malaysian Commemorative Medal (Silver) (PPM) (1965)^[4]
  • Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (1966)^[5]
•  Perak :
  • Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (PMP) (1963)^[6]
•  Kelantan :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (DPMK) – Dato' (1964)^[7]
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (SPMK) – Dato' (1967)^[8]
•  Pahang :
  • Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (1964)^[9]
  • Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (1969)^[10]

References

1. "Jeneral (B) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bidin".
2. "Tentera Darat Malaysia - Senarai PTD". army.mil.my.
3. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 1961" (PDF).
4. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat".
5. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 1966" (PDF).
6. "18 are made datos by the Sultan of Perak". Straits Budget. 4 September 1963. p. 14.
7. "Chief Of Staff Heads Ruler's Awards List". Straits Budget. 15 July 1964. p. 16.
8. "7 orang menerima anugerah Dato dari Sultan". Berita Harian. 11 July 1967. p. 5.
9. "Pingat PJK utk lapan pegawai". Berita Harian. 3 June 1964. p. 4.
10. "Sultan Pahang telah mengurniakan bintang kebesaran dan gelaran kapada 105 orang sempena hari keputeraan Baginda pada hari Sabtu lalu". Berita Harian. 22 September 1969. p. 10.