Biographical informationPhoa A Jin (潘亞如) was born in about 1870 in Bun Sio (Hailam) [Hainan Island], China (文昌縣). He migrated to Western Australia in February 1889.
He was recruited in Singapore to work as a 'cabin boy' under contract to James Clark, location unrecorded [but likely to be on a Clark & Co. trading boat run out of Onslow], for two years at S$12 per month (C).Other namePhoa A Jin (differentiated name)潘亞如Date of birth1870
