Biographical informationAh Ling (8) was employed by Alfred Gummow as a cook at the Roebuck Bay Hotel, Broome, with Ah Jew.
Ah Ling, it was claimed, also owned a store and eating house in Broome.
He bought an opium pipe and opium for 4 shillings in 1892. He was known to smoke and drink opium. On 15 November 1892, Ah Ling committed suicide by an overdose of opium because he had received news that his girlfriend in Koepang had 'not waited for him'. He requested that his clothes and belongings be sent to his mother in China (C).Other nameAh Ling (differentiated name)