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summary of elizabeth choy's life

 Information on her life

early life

• was born on 29 Nov 1910 to a Hakka family in Kudat, British North Borneo.
• eldest among 11 children
• accquired Kadazen as her first language as she was looked after by a kadazen nanny
• became a anglican at St monica's bonding school in sandakan where she took the name elizabeth
• later complete her education in raffles college in singapore. As her parents could not accept the fees, she started teaching, first at st. Margaret's school then at st Andrew's 
• she married Choy Khun Heng, a book-keeper in August 1941

WWII

• during the japanese invasion of malaya, she became a volunteer nurse with the medical military service.  After the fall of singapore, the Choys set up a canteen at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, after all patients and doctors had been moved from Miyako Hospital, where they started a regular ambulance run for British civilian internees. 
• the Choys helped the POWs (prisoner of war) by passing on cash and parcels containing supplies and also radio parts
• during the Double Tenth incident, a informant told the kempeitai that the Choys were involved in smmuggling money into Changi prison. Her husband was arrested first. She was arrested later.
• being severely tortured, but she did not blame them for torturing her as they are commanded  by their superiors.

Post-war

• awarded the girl guide's highest honour, bronze cross , order of the star of sarawak.
• her war time experiences had inculated in her the belief that civil development required efffective protection against aggressors. she served as a second lieutenant in the women's auxillary arm of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, where she has the nickname, " gunner choy"
• she was also noted for wearing traditional Chinese and Indian clothing, qipaos and bangles, which she got the nickname, " Dayak Women of Singapore"
• apparently, she died out of cancer