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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.
Battle of Bukit Timah. Battle of Bukit Timah. Part of the Battle of Singapore, Pacific War. Dead Japanese soldiers at Bukit Timah. Date. 10–12 February 1942. Location. Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang and Bukit Timah, Singapore. 1°20′55″N 103°46′37″E / .
Lim Bo Seng ( Chinese: 林谋盛; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Bô͘-sēng; pinyin: Lín Móushèng; 27 April 1909 – 29 June 1944) was a Chinese resistance fighter based in Singapore and Malaya during World War II. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, he was a prominent businessman among the overseas Chinese community in Singapore and Malaya.
Adnan bin Saidi ( Jawi: عدنان بن سيدي ; 1915 – 14 February 1942) was a Malayan military officer of the 1st Infantry Brigade under the Malaya Command in British-ruled Malaya. In 1942, Adnan, then a lieutenant, led his platoon to put up fierce resistance against the Japanese during the Battle of Pasir Panjang in Singapore, and was ...
Syonan (Japanese: 昭南, Hepburn: Shōnan, Kunrei-shiki: Syônan), officially Syonan Island (Japanese: 昭南島, Hepburn: Shōnan-tō, Kunrei-shiki: Syônan-tô), was the name for Singapore when it was occupied and ruled by the Empire of Japan, following the fall and surrender of British military forces on 15 February 1942 during World War II.
The fall of Singapore, also known as the Battle of Singapore, [ c] took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War. The Japanese Empire captured the British stronghold of Singapore, with fighting lasting from 8 to 15 February 1942. Singapore was the foremost British military base and economic port in South–East Asia and had ...
Operation Jaywick. The MV Krait, used to infiltrate Singapore. Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. In September 1943, 14 commandos and sailors from the Allied Z Special Unit raided Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, sinking six ships.
The Heroes (1989 miniseries) The Heroes. (1989 miniseries) The Heroes is a 1989 British/Australian mini-series on Operation Jaywick, a World War II special forces raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour by the Australian Z Special Unit, based on Ronald McKie 's 1960 book The Heroes. [ 2]