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Elizabeth Choy was a brave war heroine. She risked her life supplying medicine, money, and messages to British civilians interned in Singapore's Changi Jail during World War II. Elizabeth Choy and her husband, Choy Khun Heng (d. 1973), incurred further risk by sending in radio parts for hidden receivers on a daily ambulance run until the Japanese instituted a crackdown in September 1943. Elizabeth Choy died of pancreatic cancer in Singapore on September 14, 2006.

I think that Elizabeth Choy was a very good person. She was a Christian who tried to help as many people as possible, despite the danger that she herself could be killed.She had outstanding character and stopped her education to work, so that she could use the money to support her younger siblings. She taught at two schools( St. Magarets and St. Andrews). Even though she had had an arranged marrige, she still loved her husband dearly, perhaps, this was what led to her being captured by the japanease soldiers.

When the japanease soldiers occupied Singapore, she and her husband ran a canteen stall in the Miyako hospital, now known as the Woodbridge Hospital, so that they could provide essential needs to those around them.After a while, their stall became a central place for the exchange of messages, medicines and food tho the prisoners in Changi prison.

Then, Elizabeth's, good husband was arrested by the japanease soldiers, as he had passed radio parts and money to the prisoners in Changi.Elizabeth was worried, and went to the YMCA building, where her husband was kept, to see him, and perhaps comfort him and encourage him, but she was turned away, and told to go home.Then, one day a japanease soldier came to her house and told her that she was allowed to see her husband. She followed him to the YMCA building, where her valuables were taken away, and she was put into a prison cell.She stayed there for 193 days, with little food, little clean water, and not much ventilation.There she learnt sign language from one of the other prisoners, so that she could communicate with everybody, as they were not allowed to talk.

During her prison days, she was brutally beaten by the japanease soldiers, and even electrocuted on her bare body in front of her husband. She even developed a phobia of electricity because of this, and was scared of even turning on a electric switch.

The japanease did this as they thought she was anti-japanease, and had the names of informants.

Though Elizabeth was released after 193 days, her husband was not, and was sentenced to 12 years of hard labour.When the war ended, Elizabeth Choy traced her husband and freed him, together with the help of a british soldier.She was given several medals for her bravery, and also several for her contribution to society.

Elizabeth Choy was asked to give the names of the japanease who had tortured her, but, she would not, as she did not blame them. She did not condemn the people who had tortured her, her husband and many other people. She only condemned war.

Elizabeth Choy will be fondly remembered by all who knew her, and she will be deeply respected by her country, for helping it, as well as all the other war heroes and heroines.I hope that her testimonies will touch other people's hearts as they have done to me.