Letter written by Seeto Yook Shui to his brother Seeto Yook You
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Title
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Letter written by Seeto Yook Shui to his brother Seeto Yook You
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Subject
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World War, 1939-1945--Sources
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Papua New Guinea--History
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Chinese letters
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War stories
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Personal narratives
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Category
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4. World War II
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Author
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Seeto, Yook Shui
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Current holder
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State Library of New South Wales
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Date
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October 21, 1945
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Series number
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9yM0qVA9
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Item number
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zPvlALQwpb0qd
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Access rights
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Digitised
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Rights
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In copyright – life of author(s) plus 70 years. Research & study copies allowed. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Country of origin
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Australia
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Language
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Chinese
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English
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Description from source
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Letter written by Seeto Yook Shui to his brother Seeto Yook You on 21 October 1945, with translation by Daniel Yung and David C L Seeto, 22 June 2009. Copy of an original letter by Seeto Yook Shui in traditional Chinese characters, with accompanying English translation by Daniel Yung and David Seeto, 2 PDF files.
Seeto Yook Shui was a Chinese businessman, a tailor by training, who lived in Wau, Papua New Guinea with his family when the war in the Pacific broke out in December 1941, ending up at a Catholic mission on Yule Island before eventual evacuation to Australia by ship from Port Moresby.
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Related resources
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https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27938697