shipping HK to Sydney September 1939 - Completed

[rodneyjwong]

Do you have a passenger list for HK-Syd ship? My father-in-law was on the TSS Awatea arrived in Wellington from Sydney 30/11/1939 and can't remember name of ship from HK to Sydney via Manila,Rabaul, Cairns, Brisbane he thinks.

[abcsydney]

Hi Rodney,

The ship from HK to Sydney was the Taiping.

[Helenw52]

Do you have a passenger list for HK-Syd ship? My father-in-law was on the TSS Awatea arrived in Wellington from Sydney 30/11/1939 and can't remember name of ship from HK to Sydney via Manila,Rabaul, Cairns, Brisbane he thinks.

Hi Rodney - My Australian friend ABC drew my attention to your query. Were you at the 75th Anniversary event in Auckland on Sunday? I hope you enjoyed it. Not sure what your father in law's name is. Please send me a private message and I will let you know how to get hold of the shipping between HK & Sydney. I guess you may know that the families stayed at King Nam Jang, at the Rocks, Sydney. However this ship looks like it had many Chinese on it - more than other one's I've seen.

Here's the list of people from Sydney to Wellington from the website

  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12594-27249-62?cc=1609792&wc=MP7R-YH5:119260101,119037802,119164001

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12594-26434-65?cc=1609792&wc=MP7R-YH5:119260101,119037802,119164001

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12594-26437-68?cc=1609792&wc=MP7R-YH5:119260101,119037802,119164001

Regards

Helen

[rodneyjwong]

Hi Helen, yes both my father (Jack Wong) & father-in-law (Yick Hon Gee) were among the 44 refugees on stage for the 75th anniv lunch, great experience for them.
My father -in-law is listed on the Awatea 31st Nov 1939 as "Chu Hick Hon aged 11yr" but not sure of his listed name on the SS Taiping either the same or Chue Yick Hon or Gee Yick Hon.
cheers
Rodney

[Helenw52]

E. AND A. LINE TO JAPAN CALLING AT RABAUL, MANILA, HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, and FIVE PORTS IN JAPAN. NANKIN 7000 ton NELLORE  7000 tons TANDA 7000 tons

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/40908458?searchTerm=shipping%20list%20%20%20hong%20kong%20sydney&searchLimits=dateFrom=1939-11-01|||dateTo=1939-11-30

Advertising for Taiping

 A O. LINE TO CHINA-JAPAN.

SS. TAIPING.

Calling at Brisbane. Townsville. Calms, Thursday Island, Manila. Philippine Islands, and Hong Kong. British Steamer, most up to date in the service.

AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE, LTD.,

(Inc. in Hong Kong),

G S. YUILL and CO. PTY., LTD.,

Managing Agents,

_8 Bridge Street. BW2731-2_

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17619286?searchTerm=shipping%20list%20%20%20hong%20kong%20sydney&searchLimits=dateFrom=1939-11-01|||dateTo=1939-11-30

Looks like it might have been in port before 25 November 1939 - as it was still advertising on that date.

Do you know how long your F in L stayed in Sydney?