Biographical informationPoo's mother died in 1914 and her step-father, Sydney Fong, brought her to Australia along with her brother Arthur Fong (Quong Tong).
She was educated at Stella Maris Convent in Geraldton.
Despite spending much of her childhood in Australia, she and her brother Arthur were the subject of special exemption in the early 1920s to remain in Australia rather than return to China at the end of their schooling.
Irene married Wan Tong Chn (c.1936) and had two children with him. It is possible that Wan Tong Chn was employed at Sydney Fong & Co in Geraldton c.1940.