Yap Yit Poh, departed Singapore for Australia to study Medicine at Sydney University under the Colombo Plan. The Singapore Free[…]
Read moreFamily History Snippets
Interesting items from my family history research.
Double Suicide and attempted Murder
This is one of the few stories in my family history that brought me to tears. It certainly shocked the[…]
Read moreOliver Hearn is expelled from the Australian Workers Union
My fourth cousin twice removed, Oliver Hearn (1904-1994), a president of the AWU, was expelled in what I guess[…]
Read moreCourt Battle for the 40 Hour Working week
Eli James Harrison (1903-1976) was the husband of my 3rd Cousin, 3 times removed, Una Grace Maude Brown (1904-1990). He[…]
Read moreTheft Of Tubes And Petrol
One of my relatives, living a life of crime in World War II. Theft Of Tubes And Petrol ‘Most of[…]
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Sinking of the AHS Centaur
My third cousin, three times removed, Reginald McGregor Blackman born in 1904 and 39 years of age died in the[…]
Read moreMargaret Alexandria Cramp
My 7th cousin, Margaret Alexandria Cramp, was tormented by her father, Karl Reginal Cramp and committed suicide by gassing herself[…]
Read moreWorld War II – Percy Stanley Marks
This is a summary from the War File of Percy Stanley Marks. 13 Feb 1941 Enlisted RAAF – Because Percy[…]
Read moreSEVEN WIDOWS TO SHARE ESTATE (Yap Swee GF)
The case here is reported in both the Malaya Tribune on 18 December and the Straits Times on 19 December.[…]
Read moreYAP TOW ON v. WOON NGEE YEW & ORS.
Here are are the Supreme Court Justice, J. Murray-Ansley’s findings in the case of Yap Tow Onn vs Woon Ngee[…]
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