Tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Warrant Officer I (Rtd.) Temenggung Datuk Kanang anak Langkau,, (2 Mati 1945 <unk> 3 Ianuari 2013) o le sili ona lauiloa toa Malaysian. Na manumalo o ia i le maualuga o le malo o Malaysia mo le toa, o le Grand Knight of Valour (<unk> "SP") ma le lona lua-sili ona maualuga o le militeli, o le Star of the Commander of Valour (<unk> "PGB") i le taimi o le lua gaioiga i Perak-Kelantan tuaoi i le 1979 ma le 1980. O ia na o le pau lea o le tagata Malaysia na mauaina faailoga uma e lua. Na fanau o ia i Sarikei, Sarawak, ma sa auai i le vaegaau a Peretania i le aso 21 Aperila 1962 (i lena taimi, sa pulea e Peretania Sarawak). Kanang tofia i le 42 Commando o Iban Tracker (Scouts iunite e na o fitafita mai Sarawak) i le taimi o le Communist insurgency i Malaysia (1968<unk>1989)
. Mulimuli ane, na siitia atu ai o ia i le 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1RNZIR) ona auai lea i le vaegaau a Malaysia i le 1973. O ia o le UCIS Platoon 8 Ranger's Platoon sergeant ma le 8 RRD's Regimental sergeant major. Ina ua maeʻa ona litaea mai le militeli ma le tulaga o le Warrant Officer I (WO1; NATO: OR-9), ona filifilia lea o ia e avea ma "Temenggung" ('Taʻitaʻi Sili') o tagata Iban.