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Pang, Claude (1916 - 1987)

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    Claude Pang, Jean and Dorrie Shang, Jan O'Hoy in Bendigo, c. 1937, by Olivers', Bendigo, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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Born
1916
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Died
1987
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
herbalist

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Claude Pang was born in 1916 to James Pang, herbalist, and Myrtle Louisa Lee Chew of Bendigo. He was educated in Bendigo and China, and served in the army during the second world war. After his discharge and the death of his father in 1944, Claude took over the management of his father’s herbalist business until 1980 when he retired. In 1964 he was made a life member of the Bendigo and Northern District Base Hospital. In 1950 Claude married May Ah Dore, daughter of Samuel Ah Dore and Eva Mabel Stella Rose Quinn of Bendigo. Claude died in 1987. His wife and their two children, Sharyn and Raymond, survived him.

Sources used to compile this entry: ; Bendigo Golden Dragon Museum collection; various National Australian Archives immigration files.

Prepared by: Amanda Rasmussen, La Trobe University

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Title
Claude Pang, Jean and Dorrie Shang, Jan O'Hoy in Bendigo
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1937
Place
Australia - Victoria - Bendigo (Sandhurst)
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Created: 15 May 2005, Last modified: 4 November 2005