11. Dr Mustapha bin Osman (1900-1975)

Dr Mustapha bin Osman (1900-1975)
MBBS 1924 UHK

Date of birth: 19 January 1900
Place of birth: Kedah, British Malaya
Date of demise: 1975
Place of demise: Penang
Place of burial: (known to his relatives)

Author's notes:
Unable to contact his surviving family members before book was published.
Managed to contact some of his relatives, Iszham Idris and Sam Rsad in Facebook.
Managed to obtain brief biography from the Academy of Medicine Malaysia (AMM).
Unable to contact Kedah State Government
No update from colleagues and the Malaysian public

What I have on his family background based on his relative Sam Rsad's discussion in Facebook (12 Dec 2013):

PKAOM = Persatuan Kerabat Awang Osman Malaysia
- registered
- to continue to document the family's lineage
- to promote cooperation in commerce and industry
- website: http://pkaomalaysia.com/v4/
- AJK PKAOM

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In Facebook 2013: 3 men

Iszham Idris AO
https://www.facebook.com/iszham.idris
- AJK PKAOM pusat
- in-charge of AO Family Tree
- contact person for Dr Mustapha bin Osman
- his cousin is Sam Rsad AO (Hj Samsuddin bin Mohd Arshad)

Sam Rsad AO
https://www.facebook.com/sam.rsad
- his real name is Hj Samsuddin bin Mohd Arshad bin Darus bin Awang Osman bin Mohd Arshad
- ITM (Dip in Public Admin) 1982
- lives in Ipoh, Perak
- married to Rosenah Ahmad (she is also in FB)
- his father: Tuan Hj Md Arshad bin Darus AO, circa 1946.
- he is the nephew (anak saudara) of Dr Mustapha Awang Osman.
- contact: Hj Samsuddin bin Mohd Arshad (FB Sam Rsad AO).
  https://www.facebook.com/sam.rsad
- I joined his FB on 5 December 2013
- his father is Tuan Hj Mohd Arshad bin Darus (eldest son of Darus)
- his father completed his Cambridge School Cert at Form 5 at Penang Free School
- his grandfather is Darus bin Awang Osman (Tok Darus)
- his grandfather was in the police force
- his grandmother is Che Kiah bt Mohd Tahir
- his cousin is Iszham Idris AO

YDP Dato Daud Daros AO
https://www.facebook.com/datodauddaros
- he is in FB

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In History: 7 men
- based on Sam Rsad's FB

Awang Osman bin Mohd Arshad
- Buku Salasilah Keluarga Awang Osman v2.0
- http://www.keluargaawangosman.blogspot.com/
- there is a portrait of him in FB
- Awang Osman is abbreviated AO; all the family members use this AO initial as suffix.
- AO was the stepson (anak angkat) of Sultan Kedah Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin
- When the British pawned Penang and established Penang Free School (PFS), AO was sent as an administrator to the Kedah House, where sons of royalties and Malay elites boarded while studying at PFS. They were princes from the northern states of Perlis, Kedah, Penang and Perak.
- AO steered his children to succeed in education, especially in English
- AO had 18 children:
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- AO's sons served in the civil service and politics. They were involved from the fight for the Malayan independence to international banking. They brought pride to the family and nation:
  1. The first Malay surgeon was Dr Mustapha bin Awang Osman.
  2. HE Tan Sri Dato' Abdul Khalid bin Awang Osman was Asst. (now Deputy) Minister of Agriculture and the first Chairman of LUTH (Lembaga Urusan Tabung Haji).
  3. Sir Dato Sheriff bin Awang Osman was the Chief Minister of Kedah.
  4. Dato Sri Shuib bin Awang Osman was the Kedah State Secretary.
- there is a website: blogspot.awangosman
- AO is the great-grandfather of Sam Rsad and Iszham Idris

Prof Dr Mustapha bin Awang Osman
- he was the first Malay surgeon
- his surname is Awang Osman but Awang is missing in his official records
- he is listed as Dr Mustapha bin Osman
- he is Dr Mustapha AO in family trees
- There is a photo of him in FB

HE Tan Sri Dato' Abdul Khalid bin Awang Osman
- he was the Asst. (now Deputy) Minister of Agriculture
- he was the first Chairman of LUTH
- there is a photo of him in FB

Sir Dato Sheriff bin Awang Osman
- he was the Chief Minister of Kedah
- there is a photo of him in FB

Dato Sri Shuib bin Awang Osman
- he was the Kedah State Secretary

Darus bin Awang Osman (Tok Darus)
- he was in the police force
- he married 3 wives:
  1. Siti Aishah AO
  2. Aminah bt AO (born Said)
  3. Rokiah (Che Kiah) bt AO (born Mohd Tahir)
- he has 10 children:
  1. Awang Ahmad b. Darus
  2. Daud b. Darus
  3. Md Arshad b. Darus
  4. Yaacob b. Darus
  5. Bakar b. Darus
  6. Mahmood b. Darus
  7. Zainab bt Darus
  8. Ismail b. Darus
  9. Fatimah Zalleha bt Zakaria (born Darus)
  10. Jaafar b. Darus
- there is a photo of him in FB

Tuan Hj Mohd Arshad bin Darus
- eldest son of Darus bin Awang Osman
- completed his Cambridge School Cert at Form 5 at Penang Free School
- he wanted to be an engineer and wanted to go to London by ship
- he went to Singapore without informing his father
- his father suspected he would be in Singapore and sent a warrant for his arrest
- he was arrested in Singapore by the Singapore Police and sent home to Penang
- he did not become an engineer after all
- there is a portrait of him (c.1946) in FB
- he is the nephew of Dr Mustapha bin Osman
- he suddenly fell ill after sahur in Ramadan, 3 days before Raya
- he was brought to Hospital Kangar for treatment
- however, he died after 2 days in hospital
- his cause of death was due to a blood clot (thrombosis) in a vessel to his head