Anwar along with, Dato' Onn Jaafar, Tan Sri Mohamed Noah Omar, Haji Syed Alwi bin Syed Sheikh al-Hadi and Dato' Syed Abdul Kadir Mohamed formed the United Malays National Organisation to counter the Malayan Union that was undermining the Malay Sultans's powers and threatened the Malays of their rights as Bumiputera.
Together, they created the idea of forming a single party that would be strong enough to oppose the Malayan Union.
After the meeting, Anwar became the representative to Johor Bahru to rally the Malays together to join the proposed idea of forming one party.
The movement had drawn many from Johorean towns such as Muar, Tangkak, Pontian and Kluang.
When Dato' Onn Jaafar became Chief Minister of Johor on 1 June 1947, Anwar became his private secretary.
He would help the poor and needy irrespective of race Anwar was born in Muar, Johor in 1898.
Some of the awards include: In the 2007 film, 1957: Hati Malaya, directed by Shuhaimi Baba, Anwar was portrayed by local Malaysian actor, Azhar Sulaiman.