Remembering Malayan war heroine Sybil

iplcenotaph120615 7...Some of the dignitaries and war veterans who attended the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Ipoh Cenotaph on June 12.

EXACTLY 67 years after her death on June 12, 1948, Malayan war heroine Sybil Kathigasu was honoured during the annual Remembrance Day at the Ipoh Cenotaph.

Present to lay a wreath for the gallant nurse, who fought the Japanese by helping Malayan guerrillas, was her grandniece Elaine Daly.