also with William and her mother who had agreed to stay in Ipoh with the family. A second daughter, Dawn, was born in Ipoh on 21 September 1936. Their children are: William Pillay (25 October 1918), adopted Michael Kathigasu (26 August 1919), died after only 19 hours of being born Olga Kathigasu (26 February 1921—6 September 2014) Dawn Kathigasu (21 September 1936), married William Bruce Spalding in London on 1 September 1956 and later had children. She and her husband, Dr. Kathigasu, operated a clinic at No. 141, Brewster Road (now Jalan Sultan Idris Shah) in Ipoh from 1926 until the Japanese invasion of Malaya. The family escaped to the nearby town of Papan days before Japanese forces occupied Ipoh. The local Chinese community fondly remembered her husband, who was given the Hakka nickname "You Loy-De". Freedom fighter Residing at No. 74, Main Street in Papan, Kathigasu and her husband secretly kept shortwave radio sets and listened to BBC World Service broadcasts. As she was able to speak fluent Cantonese, Kathigasu and her husband were able to quietly supply medicines, medical services and information to the resistance forces - members of 5th Independent Regiment Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA). In July 1943, Kathigasu's husband was arrested. Kathigasu was arrested a month later. They were both subjected to cruel methods of torture from the Kempeitai. Kathigasu had to endure water torture, where water was forced down a victim's throat and Japanese soldiers would later step on the bloated stomach. Kathigasu also had to endure watching her husband and children getting tortured in front of her. Despite being interrogated and tortured by the Japanese military police for two years, Kathigasu and her husband persisted in their efforts and were thrown into Batu Gajah jail in Feb 1945. Kathigasu's husband was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment while she received a life sentence. After Malaya was liberated from the Japanese in August 1945, Kathigasu was flown to Britain for medical treatment. There, she began writing her memoirs. Kathigasu received the George Medal for Gallantry several months before her death on 12 June 1948. Death and memorial Seven months after being freed, Kathigasu died on 12 June 1948 aged 48 in Britain and her body was buried in Lanark, Scotland. Her body was later returned in 1949 to Ipoh and reburied at the Roman Catholic cemetery beside St. Michael's Church opposite the Main Convent of