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3 unusual facts about Winston Choo


Winston Choo

While he was in Anglo-Chinese School, he captained the school's football team, played hockey, and won the Queen's Badge (now the Founder's Badge) for his activities in the Boys' Brigade.

Following that, he served as a platoon commander in the 1st Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment (1 SIR) and was involved in two major operations: being deployed to Sebatik Island, Borneo between 1963 and 1964 during the Konfrontasi; patrolling the streets during the 1964 race riots in Singapore.

Choo was given the name "Winston" by his grandfather, who named him after Winston Churchill.



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