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Sybil Medan Kathigasu GM (née Daly; 3 September 1899 – 12 June 1948) was a Malayan Eurasian nurse who supported the resistance during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. She is the only Malayan woman to ever be awarded with the George Medal for bravery.
From any dram of mercy. Sybil's husband, Dr. Abdon Clement Kathigasu, was injured by shrapnel to his right leg during a bombing run by Japanese planes over Ipoh which strafed the population with machine gun fire.
Jan 4, 2014 · Sybil Kathigasu nee Daly. You will not read of her in Malaysian history schoolbooks but she will be remembered in history as a remarkable woman, a trained nurse who together with her husband Dr. Abdon Clement Kathigasu, provided medical treatment to the anti-Japanese forces during World War II.
Sep 11, 2017 · Along with her husband, Abdon Clement Kathigasu, who was a doctor, she ran a clinic in Ipoh from 1926 to December 1942, when the Japanese troops first arrived in Malaya. The couple, along with their three kids, then fled to Papan in Perak where they secretly provided the resistance forces with medical treatment and supplies.
Jul 14, 2018 · It was from this building that Kathigasu, a Eurasian of Irish-Indian parentage, with her husband Dr Abdon Clement Kathigasu, set up a dispensary during World War II and aided the resistance. The couple initially ran a clinic on 141 Brewster Road (now Jalan Sultan Idris Shah) in Ipoh before moving to Papan following the Japanese Occupation.
Sep 1, 2013 · Sybil and her husband, Dr Abdon Clement Kathigasu, operated a clinic at No. 141 Brewster Road (Jalan Sultan Idris Shah) in Ipoh from 1926 until the Japanese invasion of Malaya in December 1941. Days before Japanese forces occupied Ipoh, the couple moved to Papan.
His new (Catholic) name was Abdon Clement (A C) Kathigasu. They were married on 7 January 1919 in St John’s Church, Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur. Sybil's first child was a son born on 26 August 1919, but due to major problems at birth, died after only 19 hours.
