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Mary Seah


 

 Mary Seah

 Mary Seah lived in Singapore during World War 2. She migrated to Australia on boat with the soldiers and was sometimes guest of honour at their celebrations. She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1996.

Who she was?

This is Mary Seah, during World War 2 Australians were kept in a very bad prison camp called Changi, in Singapore. They were given little food or medicine and Seah risked her life to help the prisoners. She would go to the camp with her son, dressed up as a street seller, and offer items for sale to the Japanese guards. When they were busy looking at her goods, she would sneak food and medicine to the Australians. If she had been caught, she would have been killed. When the guards became suspicious, she was beaten up, but she told the guards nothing and kept on helping the Australians. Many of the men would have died without her brave work.

Where she came from and her migration to Australia?

How she impacted on Australia's history?

 Mary Seah is a highly respectable figure to all Australians. She risked her own life to save many others, and that is why she is a hero.