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National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Name(s): Squire, Thomas A.

Title: Always a commando : the life of Singapore army pioneer Clarence Tan / Thomas A. Squire. Description: Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifier(s): OCN 1001426718 | eISBN 978 981 4794 22 0

Subject(s): LCSH: Tan, Clarence, 1941- | Singapore. Armed Forces—Officers—Biography. | Malaysia. Tentera Darat—Officers—Biography. | Singapore. Armed Forces—History.

Classification: DDC 355.0092—dc23

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Illustrations by Alvin Mark Tan (www.alvinmark.com)

Photographs courtesy of the author and his family, except on page 82 (Saint Patrick’s School) and page 270 (David Yeoh).