SOO HOO PAT

Description

Biographical informationBorn 1871 in Hong Kong.

Shop keeper at Broome from at least 1907.

Travelled overseas twice: April 1907 to June 1908 and January 1920 to June 1922.
Applied for a CEDT in 1910 but did not use it.

Returned to China permanently in January 1926 and he died in China c.1935.
Other nameSoo Hoo Pat (differentiated name)

Document

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Soo Hoo Pat CEDT 1907 (NAA Item ID: 1734598)

Soo Hoo Pat CEDT 1910 (NAA Item ID: 1735849)

Soo Hoo Pat CEDT 1919 (NAA Item ID: 1740683)

Soo Hoo Pat CEDT 1924 (NAA Item ID: 1742647)

Soo Hoo Pat pictured in his 1910 Certificate for Exemption from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1910/50)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHong KongDate[date unknown]

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RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1887

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RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

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RelationTravelled toPlaceChinaDate16 January 1926 SS Centaur

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RelationPlace of deathPlaceChinaDate1935

Employment

Job titleShopkeeperDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

UWA Collected

SOO HOO PAT

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA