PW 1 (Rtd) Temenggong Datuk Kanang Langkau, a Malaysian hero from the Iban community in Sarawak, was a decorated soldier.
Temenggong Datuk Kanang Langkau
He was in the Royal Ranger Regiment and Regimental Sergeant Major of 8 Renjer (8th Rangers) of the Malaysian Army and the only recipient of both the Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa and the Panglima Gagah Berani medals from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ahmad Shah on June 3, 1981.
Born in 1945 in Julau, Sarawak, Kanang joined the service with the Sarawak Rangers, then part of the British Army, as an Iban Tracker on April 21, 1962. He was absorbed into the Malaysian Rangers when Malaysia was proclaimed on September 16, 1963. He left the service after 21 years of service as a First Warrant Officer (Source: Wikipedia).
On September 24, 2011, he was conferred the ‘Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang’ (PGBK) (Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak), with the title of ‘Datuk’ by the Governor of Sarawak.