孝男 Son
敬立石
DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
Malaya Tribune, 2 October 1929, Page 8
Son
Yeo Bong Soo
Daughter
Yeo Seok Bee (Mrs Ong Hup Keng)
Yeo Bian Chuan, age 73 senior partner of Messrs Yeo Bian Chuan and Co , 22-A Change Alley, passed away on Wednesday 2nd Oct 1929 at his residence No 155 Pasir Panjang Road. He leaves behind a son, Yeo Bong Soo, a daughter Mrs Ong Hup Keng, and several grand children to mourn his loss.
Burial Plot
Yeo Bian Chuan
Bukit Brown Blk 1 Division B plot No 13 and 14
73 years old
Date of internment 6 Oct 1929
Deaths
The Straits Times , 20 Sep 1929, Pg 8
Madam Chew Chye Luan aged 69, beloved wife of Yeo Bian Chuan , passed away on Tue Sep 17, 1929 at No 155 Pasir Panjang Road. Funeral on 21st inst, at 2 pm to Bukit Brown Cemetery. Friends and relations are requested not to send Chinese Scrolls
Chew Chye Luan
Bukit Brown Blk 1 Division B plot no 14 and 15
68 years old
Date of internment 21 Sep 1929
The Straits Times , 5 March 1921 Pg 8
Yeo Bian Chuan, a native of Rhio, Netherlands East Indies, who has resided in the Straits Settlement for 52 years, has been naturalised as a British subject.
Malaya Tribune , 13 Dec 1926, P 6
We are indebted to Yeo Bian Chuan and Co, Produce Brokers, for a very useful wall calendar.
FAREWELL TO MR. W. M. BLAKE.
The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 3 April 1929, Page 11
Yeo Bian Hong
Ong Hup Keng
Wee Bock Yan
THE LATE MR. YEO BIAN CHUAN.
Malaya Tribune, 2 October 1929, Page 8
Early this morning there died at his residence, 155, Pasir Panjang Road, Mr. Yeo Bian Chuan, a well-known and much respected figure in the commercial world of Singapore. Although born in Rhio some 73 years ago, he came here at a very early age and received his education here.
He chose produce as his line of business and, as a produce broker, was highly esteemed by the European firms, by whom the news of his death will be received with very great regret. He was typical of the very best in the Chinese commercial world; his word was his bond.
It will be remembered by a few how in 1915, on the eventful afternoon of the Mutiny, Mr. Yeo Bian Chuan harboured in his house no fewer than seventeen Europeans who had fled to him for safety, and how, although his compound was several times raided by groups of mutineers, he managed to conceal his refugees until help arrived at daybreak. For this heroic act he was offered by Government a sum of $5,000, or, alternatively, a commemorative gold medal. He chose the latter, but the medal, for some reason which has never been explained, failed to materialise.
It is just two weeks since we recorded the death of Mr. Yeo Bian Chuan's wife, to whom he was deeply attached.
A MEMORY OF THE MUTINY.
The Straits Times, 2 October 1929, Page 11
Mr Bian Chuan's Death
Chinese who saved Europeans
One of the most thrilling and inspiring incidents of the Singapore Mutiny is recalled by the death, which occurred early this morning, of Mr. Yeo Bian Chuan.
When the Fifth Light Infantry, an Indian regiment of old standing, mutinied at Alexandra Barracks on Feb. 15, 1915, Europeans in the western suburbs of Singapore were in the greatest danger, and it was there that the majority of casualties occurred.
On that eventful evening no fewer than seventeen Europeans, whose retreat to Singapore was cut off, fled to Mr. Yeo Bian Chuan's house, No. 155 Pasir Panjong Road, and, although his compound was several times raided by groups of mutineers, Mr. Yeo Bian Chuan managed to conceal his refugees until help arrived at daybreak.
For this heroic act Mr. Yeo Bian Chuan was offered by Government a sum of $5,000, or, alternatively, a commemorative gold medal. He chose the latter, but the medal, for some reason which has never been satisfactorily explained, failed to materialize.
Mr. Yeo Bian Chuan was a well-known and much-respected figure in the commercial world of Singapore. Born in Rhio some 73 years ago, he came here at a very early age and received his early education here. He chose produce as his line of business, and as a produce broker he was highly esteemed by the European firms, who have heard the news of his death with very great regret. Mr. Yeo Bian Chuan was typical of the very best in the Chinese commercial world—his word was his bond.
It is just two weeks since the death occurred of Mr. Yeo Bian Chuan's wife, to whom he was deeply attached.
The Malayan Saturday Post Illustrated, 15 February 1930, Page 35
The Singapore Mutiny occurred fifteen years ago on this day— 15th February,_(1915). The above is a photo of Towkay Yeo Bian Chuan who passed away recently. He did great service to a number of Europeans in giving them shelter on this fateful night and in appreciation of his services he was presented with an illuminated address in which the following names are subscribed:-
Portrait of Yeo Bian Chuan (digitally enhanced)
Illuminated Address — Subscribers
- Mr. A. Callwood
- Mr. J. Dossett
- Mr. J. Downes
- Mr. W. E. Gibson
- Mrs. W. E. Gibson
- Mr. A. W. Hoy
- Mr. F. Keller
- Mr. H. Knott
- Mrs. H. Knott
- Mr. D. D. Mackie, Jr.
- Mrs. Marshall
- Mr. R. W. Reeder
- Mrs. R. W. Reeder
- Mr. A. Trowell
- Mrs. W. J. Trowell
- Miss Katie Trowell
- Miss Dorothy Trowell
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