TAN YIP HONG

Description

Biographical informationTan Yip Hong was born in November 1872 in Ihaw, China. He migrated to Western Australia in January 1888. He was five feet seven inches in height.

He worked as a cook at Broome in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas three times: June 1915 to July 1916; August 1920 to December 1921; and January 1924 to August 1926 (D).Other nameTan Yip Hong (differentiated name)Date of birthNovember 1872

Tan Yip Hong aged 58 in 1920 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1920/87)

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)BroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1920NAA CEDT File 1926NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4272853>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceIhawDate1872

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJanuary 1888

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

TAN YIP HONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA