KLEONG Hugh

Description

Biographical informationKleong Hugh was born in about 1878 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1901. He was five feet one and a quarter inches in height.

He worked as a laundryman at Beverley in 1915 (E). In 1918 he worked in the Ying Lee Laundry, 947 Hay Street, Perth, before working on a market garden in Beaufort Street, Perth. He moved to Avon Terrace, York, in 1921.

Kleong was fined two shillings in July 1918 for 'Breaching Perth By-laws' (B).

He travelled overseas twice: April 1915 to October 1917; and March 1922 to December 1924 (D).Other nameKleong, Hugh (differentiated name)Date of birth1878

Kleong Hugh aged 37 in 1915 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/63)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1878

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1901

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBeverleyDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceYorkDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Ying Lee Laundry, PerthSubject (place)BeverleyBeaufort Street, Perth947 Hay Street, PerthAvon Terrace, YorkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1922NAA Immigration File 1922-1931 <Not digitised #4317268>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5131810>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

KLEONG Hugh

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA