* '''{{Interlanguage link|William Frank Harding Ansell (zoologist)|lt=William Frank Harding Ansell|de|William Frank Harding Ansell}}''' – A British Army officer fought in the Burma campaign while served in the [[3rd Gorkha Rifles|3rd Gurkha Rifles]]. Attached to Force 136 after being promoted to the rank of Captain. Educated to be a teacher, he became interested in [[zoology]] while fighting in Burma. Became a renowned zoologist after the war including receiving [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in zoologist in 1960. Wrote several books about mammals and has five species named after him (e.g. [[Ansell's mole-rat]]).
* A Lt. Browning, a plantation manager in Malaya during the late 1920's and until the Japanese invasion of Malaya. Browning, with Syme and Edgar, escaped the fall of Singapore to Sumatra then to Australia where they enlisted in the AIF.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} He originated the idea of Operation Carpenter and was flown from Perth to Ceylon to meet with Mountbatten.
* '''Edward Cairney''' (1911-2006) was a British operative. HeHaving previously volunteered for bomb disposal in London and known as an athletic and tough individual, he was selected for Force 136 whilst he was stationed in India with the [[Royal Engineers]]. His unit was based in Sri Lanka. TheThis fewis an account of the exploits that he spoke of during his time with Force 136: didHe mentionwas theordered following: being asked to test a new inflatable in the bay at Mount Lavinia Bay in Sri Lanka., Thebut the dinghy lost airdeflated whilst he was far out in the bay. butHe was never the less required to ensure he stillreturned with the dingy, so had to swim back dragging the deflated dinghy behind. He also spoke about being behind enemy lines in Malaysia/Burma and operating as a sniper. He said that when he took a shot, he had to get down the tree as quickly as possible.Whilstto waitingavoid indetection. thetreesHe onindicated their targets,that they used to tie themselves to the tree with their belts if they were ever required to sleep in the trees. He also spoke of being asked to guard some Americans who had been freed from thea Japanese prisoner of war camp. The Americans were so emaciated and starved that he was asked to forcefully stop them from eating at gun point asto itavoid wouldthem haveovereating doneand theminjuring damagethemselves.