Elizabeth Choy | |
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Born | Yong Su-Moi 29 November 1910 |
Died | 14 September 2006 | (aged 95)
Other names | Dayak Woman of Singapore Gunner Choy |
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Known for | Heroics during the Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II |
Spouse |
Choy Khun Heng
(m. 1941; died 1985) |
Father | Yong Thau Yin |
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Elizabeth Choy-Yong Su-Moi | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 蔡楊素梅 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 蔡杨素梅 | ||||||||||
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Elizabeth Choy Su-Moi OBE (née Yong; 29 November 1910 – 14 September 2006) was a Singaporean educator and councillor who is regarded as a war heroine in Singapore. Along with her husband, Choy Khun Heng, she supplied medicine, money and messages to Far East prisoners of war and civilian internees held in Changi Prison during the Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II.