Bo Saw Aung

In this Burmese name, Bo is an honorific, not a given name.
Major General
Bo Saw Aung
ဗိုလ်စောအောင်
Member of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
Personal details
Born
Ko Ngwe

(1914-04-28)28 April 1914
Shansu Village, Kamayut Township, Myanmar
Died26 February 1942(1942-02-26) (aged 27)
NationalityShan
Parent(s)Boe Nyut(father)
Shwe Mart(Mother)
OccupationPolitician
AwardsIndependence Mawgunwin (Third Class)
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Bo Saw Aung (born as Ko Ngwe, 28 April 1914 in Shan State) was a military officer and a member of the legendary "Thirty Comrades" who trained in Japan in the struggle for independence from Britain. He was the first of Thirty Comrades to be killed.[1][2][3]

He served in the Burmese National Army (BIA) and participated to fought for the liberation of Burma from British rule.[4]

  1. ^ "ကမာရွတ်ရဲဘော်သုံးကျိပ်". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. ^ Maung M. (1959) War and Japanese Occupation. In: Burma’s Constitution. Springer, Dordrecht
  3. ^ Seekins, Donald M. (2006). Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar). Scarecrow Press. pp. 267–268. ISBN 9780810854765.
  4. ^ "ရဲဘော်သုံးကျိပ်ဝင်မိသားစုများ၏ မိတ်ဆုံစားပွဲ ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် တက်ရောက်". The Irrawaddy.