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Elizabeth Choy
OBE
Born
Yong Su-Moi

29 November 1910
Kudat, British North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Died14 September 2006(2006-09-14) (aged 95)
Singapore
Other namesDayak Woman of Singapore
Gunner Choy
Occupations
  • Educator
  • councillor
Known forHeroics 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

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.

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