Elizabeth Choy

Elizabeth Choy-Yong Su-Moi
Elizabeth Choy-Yong Su-Moi
Traditional Chinese	蔡楊素梅
Simplified Chinese	蔡杨素梅
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Cài Yáng Sùméi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Coi3 Joeng4 Sou3-mui4

Elizabeth Choy

OBE
Elizabeth Choy; OBE
Born	Yong Su-Moi; 29 November 1910; Kudat, British North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Died	14 September 2006 (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 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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