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18012
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Subject (organisation)
Weld Club, Perth
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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School of Social Sciences
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OH CHOE PO
Description
Biographical information
Oh Choe Po was born in about 1867 in Pekin [Beijing], China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1892.
He worked as a waiter at the Weld Club from 1896 to 1899. He then worked as labourer in Guildford Road, Northam, in 1916.
He died at York in October 1919.
Other name
Oh Choe Po (differentiated name)
Date of birth
1867
Date of death
October 1919
Document
AAC-Box-007-8-0107
Box-007-Sorb-Box-0411
Employment
Job title
Labourer
Date employed
[date unknown]
Connections
Subject (organisation)
Weld Club, Perth
Subject (place)
Perth
Northam
York
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Waiter
Labourer
Related collection
Anne Atkinson Collection
Related link
NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5113971>
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
Significant place
Relation
Place of birth
Place
Pekin
Date
1867
Significant place
Relation
Immigrated to
Place
Australia
Date
1892
Significant place
Relation
Travelled to
Place
Northam
Date
[date unknown]
Significant place
Relation
Travelled to
Place
York
Date
[date unknown]
OH CHOE PO
([date unknown]). UWA Collected, accessed 08/11/2025, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/18012