DAR TURN

Description

Biographical informationDar Turn was born in June 1888 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1901. He was five feet four and half inches in height. He left his wife and four children in China.

He worked as a shop assistant at Hee Kee & Co, 10 South Terrace, Fremantle, from at least 1906 to 1921. He was recorded in 1914 as a draper and merchant with Hee Kee.

In 1918, manager Dar Turn was charged with 21 counts of defrauding Customs Officers by presenting non-genuine or non-original invoices. He was fined £210 + costs and imprisoned until the fine was paid (West Australian, 12 October 1918, p. 8)

He travelled overseas six times: June 1908 to October 1909; May 1914 to July 1915; December 1919 to February 1921; March 1922 to November 1923; September 1927 to December 1929; and June 1936 to October 1937.

By 1947 Dar Turn had left Hee Kee's shop and was working as a market gardener and living at 67 Swan Street, Fremantle. He left Western Australia permanently in February 1947.
Other nameDar Turn (differentiated name)Date of birthJune 1888

Document

Dar Turn CEDT 1908 (NAA Item ID: 1735007)

Dar Turn CEDT 1914 (NAA Item ID: 1740528)

Dar Turn CEDT 1947 (NAA Item ID: 1743443)

Dar Turn, pictured around the age of 26 in 1914 on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1914/101).

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Hee Kee & Co., FremantleSubject (place)10 South Terrace, Fremantle67 Swan Street, FremantleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaManagerMerchantShop assistantDraperCustoms fraudMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1908NAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1919NAA CEDT File 1922NAA CEDT File 1927NAA CEDT File 1936 (not digitised) <Not digitised #818181>NAA CEDT File 1947NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102465-5102466>

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1888

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1901

UWA Collected

DAR TURN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA