1. Name Baba Ahmed bin Ahmed / Shaik Hayati Meah bin Sheik Ahmad Meah, Captain
2. Occupation: Sportsman, Medical officer
3. Date and place of birth: December 13, 1888, Lorong Pak Haji Dollah (now Swatow Lane)
4. Date of death: 1967
5. Education:
- Anglo-Chinese English School, Penang Road
- Malay Chowrasta School
6. Contributions:
- His journal was published by his son Ahmed Meah Baba Ahmed as Penaklukan Jepun: Suka Duka di George Town ( The Japanese Conquest: Pleasures and Sorrow in Georgetown ) (1992) (Kuala Lumpur: Media Indah)
- President of the Government Pensioners’ Association
- President of the Penang Cricket Association (mid-60s)
- Winner of the B.P. de Silva Cup, his team REST beat Europeans by seven wickets
- Involved in the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps (Captain of the former Straits Settlements Volunteer Force)
- Assigned to a Dispensary at Buckingham Street, Penang during the war
- Worked at Balik Pulau Hospital (1923-1930)
- Worked at a special ward for Europeans and locals (1912-1923)
- Hospital assistant and medical officer (1912)
- Nominated Member of the Rural District Council
- Secretary of Penang Muslim Orphanage
- Active member of 20 Sports Clubs, and charitable organisations
7. Honours and Awards:
- Justice of the Peace, JP
- Achieved the rank of Captain in the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps (1931)
- The Hayati Meah Pavilion at Penang Sports Club Field was erected in recognition of his contribution in cricket
- Jalan Baba Ahmad, Tanjung Bungah, was named after him
- His concern for the welfare of the people, especially the under-privileged, and his dedicated service, earned him the title of the ‘grand old man’
Source:
Andres and Hayati Meah were Stars at Penang. The Straits Times, 14 May 1956, Page 14
Gitu Chakravarthy. The Elephant: Fending Off and Fighting On. Paper presented at the Penang Story International Conference (April 18-21, 2002), City Bayview Hotel, Penang.
Living with the Meahs . (http://psc10nis.blogspot.com/2011/02/hayati-meah-memorialintersection.html)
Paul H. Kratoska (1996). Review of Ahmed Meah Baba Ahmed ‘Penaklukan Jepun: Suka Duka di Georgetown [The Japanese Conquest: Pleasures and Sorrow in Georgetown]’ Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 27, pp 199-200. doi:10.1017/S002246340001081X.
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