In this Chinese name, the family name is Choy / Yong.
Elizabeth Choy
OBE
Born
Yong Su-Moi
29 November 1910
Kudat, British North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Died
14 September 2006(2006-09-14) (aged 95)
Singapore
Other names
Dayak Woman of Singapore Gunner Choy
Occupations
Educator
councillor
Known for
Heroics during the Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II
Spouse
Choy Khun Heng
(m. 1941; died 1985)
Parent
Yong Thau Yin (father)
Relatives
Yong Sinn Siong (grandfather)
Moo Enn Cong (grandmother)
Yong Kon Vui (brother)
Bridget Wai Fong (adopted daughter)
Irene Wai Fun (adopted daughter)
Lynette Wai Ling (adopted daughter)
Awards
Order of the British Empire (1950)
Order of the Star of Sarawak (1950)
The Girl Guides Bronze Cross (1950)
Pingat Bakti Setia (1973)
Elizabeth Choy-Yong Su-Moi
Traditional Chinese
蔡楊素梅
Simplified Chinese
蔡杨素梅
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Cài Yáng Sùméi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Coi3 Joeng4 Sou3-mui4
Elizabeth Choy Su-MoiOBE (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.
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