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Chinn, Reginald (Tung Hee) (c. 1890 - ?)

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    L-R: Albert 'Moses' (Tung Yot) Chinn, Anne Wong Hee(?), Frank (Tung Foo) Chinn and Reginald (Tung Hee) Chinn, in Melbourne. ca 1940s.
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    Members of the Chinn family, c. 1903, courtesy of Copy print created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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    Reginald (Tung Hee) Chinn
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    Reginald (Tung Hee) Chinn
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    Reginald (Tung Hee) Chinn
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Born
c. 1890
Weldborough, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation
fruit merchant
Alternative Names
  • Chinn, Reginald (also used)
  • Ma Tung Hee (full Chinese)
Summary

Reginald (Tung Hee) Chinn was the second son of Maa Mon Chinn and Loola Kow You. When the Chinn family came to Melbourne in the 1910s, he and his four younger brothers set up the Chinn Brothers wholesale fruit and vegetable business.

Family

Images

Title
Albert 'Moses' (Tung Yot) Chinn, Anne Wong Hee (?), Frank (Tung Foo) Chinn and Reginald (Tung Hee) Chinn
Type
Photograph
Date
1940s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Members of the Chinn family
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1903
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Weldborough
Details
Title
Reginald (Tung Hee) Chinn
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia?
Details
Title
Reginald (Tung Hee) Chinn
Type
Photograph
Details
Title
Reginald (Tung Hee) Chinn
Type
Photograph
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Sources used to compile this entry: Museum of Chinese Australian History collection.

Created: 16 March 2003, Last modified: 15 October 2011