FONG FOON

Description

Biographical informationFong Foon was born in March 1874 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in February 1896. He was five feet six and half inches in height.

He worked as a shop assistant and tailor working for Jock Sign at Broome in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas from March 1919 to November 1920 (D).

He died in Nedlands, Perth in 1968 at the age of 93.Other nameFong Foon (differentiated name)Fong Chin Foon (also known as)Date of birthMarch 1874Date of death1968

Fong Foon aged 42 in 1917 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1917/38)

Employment

Job titleShop assistantDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Jock Sign & Co. (later Ah Ming's Store)Subject (place)BroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop assistantTailorRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1917NAA Immigration File 1923-1929 <Not digitised #4317182>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102567>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1874

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateFebruary 1896

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

FONG FOON

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA