Lim Bo Seng
Chinese resistance fighter
Died when: 35 years 63 days (422 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Lim Bo Seng (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Lín Móushèng; 27 April 1909 – 29 June 1944) was a Chinese-born resistance fighter based in Singapore and Malaya during World War II.
Prior to the outbreak of World War II, he was a prominent businessman among the Chinese community in Singapore.When the Sino-Japanese War broke out, he participated in anti-Japanese activities in Singapore and then at Malaya.
During the Japanese occupation of the region, he was tasked by the British to establish Force 136, a guerrilla task force backed by the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
However, he was captured by Japanese forces in 1944 and died while interned.He is remembered as a war hero in contemporary Singapore and is buried at the MacRitchie Reservoir Park.
His grandson, Lim Teck Yin, continued his military legacy by achieving the rank of brigadier general in the Singapore Army.