- Born
- 17 December 1889
Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 1945
Melbourne?, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- train driver, radio dealer, hire car proprietor and factory inspector
- Alternative Names
- Le Wah, Victor (also used)
- Lee Wah, James Emmanual Victor (full English name)
- Lee, Victor (commonly used)
Details
James Emmanual Victor Lee Wah was known as Victor by the family. He married Violet Isabel Rodwell, known as 'Isabel' and had nine children. According to his descendants Victor was the first rail motor driver on the Mornington Penninsular, Victor having passed the Drivers Exam in 1 February 1924. He later ran a business in Frankston, Victoria as a radio dealer and managed a hire car service. While in Frankston Victor is said by his nephew to have established a radio station. He was Inspector of Beuafort Bombers at the Aircraft Factory when he died at 56 years in 1945.
Sources used to compile this entry: Lee, Chris, 'Unfolding the silence: James Lee Wah (1832-1909) Chinese goldfields miner and Anglican missionary', in Sophie Couchman (ed.), Secrets, Silences and Sources: Five Chinese-Australian Family Histories (La Trobe Asian Studies Papers), Asian Studies, La Trobe University, 2005, pp. 17-30.
Prepared by: Chris Lee, independent researcher
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Book Sections
- Lee, Chris, 'Unfolding the silence: James Lee Wah (1832-1909) Chinese goldfields miner and Anglican missionary', in Sophie Couchman (ed.), Secrets, Silences and Sources: Five Chinese-Australian Family Histories (La Trobe Asian Studies Papers), Asian Studies, La Trobe University, 2005, pp. 17-30. Details
Images
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- James Emanuel Victor and Violet Isobel Lee with two of their children
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1915 - c. 1920
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Maryborough
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- James Emmanuel Victor Lee and Violet Isabel Lee (nee Rodwell) with four of their nine children
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- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Victoria
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- Wedding photograph of Violet Ah Gee (nee Lee Wah) with husband and descendants of James and Mary Victoria Lee Wah
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1915
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Maryborough?
- Details
Created: 19 May 2003, Last modified: 26 September 2005
