Early Life
Born on 12 August 1910 in Trong, Taiping, Perak Darul Ridzuan, which was then part of the Federated Malay States, Yusof was the descendant of prominent Sumatran Malay Datuk Jannatun who migrated to Penang in 1759.
Yusof was of Minangkabau descent from his father's side while his mother was a Malay from the Langkat region in Indonesia. His brother, Aziz Ishak, was a Malayan journalist and freedom fighter.
He received his primary education at Victoria Bridge School (now known as Victoria School), and secondary education at Raffles Institution.
At Raffles, he joined the Singapore National Cadet Corps. He was commissioned as the first ever cadet officer in the Corps.
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