No dram of mercy sybil kathigasu
No Dram of Mercy is the story of a woman's courage, told simply and unassumingly in her own words.
This is a memoir by a Eurasian midwife/Doctor's wife of her harrowing ordeal at the hands of the Japanese forces during their occupation of Malaya in the..
Sybil Kathigasu
Malayan nurse
Servant of God Sybil Medan Kathigasu GM | |
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Sybil Kathigasu with George Medal, | |
Born | Sybil Medan Daly ()3 September Medan, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies |
Died | 12 June () (aged48) Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Resting place | Lanark, Scotland () St Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaya |
Monuments | No.
74 Main Road, Papan, Perak, Malaysia |
Nationality | Malayan |
Occupation(s) | Nurse, midwife |
Knownfor | Surviving torture under the Japanese Imperial Army during the Japanese occupation of Malaya |
Notable work | No Dram of Mercy |
Spouse | Abdon Clement Kathigasu (m.) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Elaine Daly (grandniece) |
Awards | George Medal () |
Sybil Medan KathigasuGM (née Daly; 3 September – 12 June ) was a Malayan Eurasian nurse who supported the resistance during the Japanese occupation of Malaya.
She is the only Malayan woman ever to be awarded the George Med