YOOK SIGN

Description

Biographical informationYook Sign was born in June 1880 in Hong Kong. He migrated to Western Australia in April 1894. He was five feet four and a half inches in height.

He worked as a cook at Port Hedland in 1915. He moved to Broome in 1917 (B).

He travelled overseas twice: June to December 1915; and January to November 1918 (D).Other nameYook Sign (differentiated name)Date of birthJune 1880

Yook Sign aged 38 in 1918 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1918/9)

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Port HedlandBroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1918NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4278223>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHong KongDate1880

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateApril 1894

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlacePort HedlandDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

YOOK SIGN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA