Commendation

Japanese Surrender

At the Japanese surrender in Singapore in September 1945, Choy was invited by Lady Mountbatten to witness the official ceremony, where she was escorted by the governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, and his wife, to whom she had sent medicine in Changi.

After the war,Elizabeth was invited to England as a celebrated war heroine as the only female local to have been incarcerated for such an extended period.She went there as part of the privileged few who were invited to Britain to recover from the war but her stay extended three more years,she spent a total of four years there.In her first year,she received an invitation to meet Queen Elizabeth.In 1946,Choy was appointed Order of The British Empire(OBE) for her courage in captivity.Lady Baden-Powell presented her the Girl Guides' highest honour,the Bronze Cross,and the Rajah of Sarawak awarded her with the Order of Sarawak..The Bronze Cross,the highest award of the Girl Guide Movement,is an award for gallantry.

OBE presented to Elizabeth