Song Ong Siang “One Hundred Years of the Chinese in Singapore) :
Pic taken from Song book:
Bromhead Mathews Shield, Winning Team, 1906
Teow Keong Hee was born in 1872 and was educated at Raffles Institution. He entered the service of Messrs. Behr & Co. in 1889 and has been the chief storekeeper of that firm since that time. He was one of the original members of the Chinese Co. S.V.I.,and of hard and consistent work he steadily rose in the ranks,becoming Sergeant-Major in 1916. In August 1917, on a vacancy as Platoon Commander being caused through the resignation of Lieut. Seah Cheng Joo, Mr.Teow Keong Hee was granted his commission as 2nd Lieutenant, and passed his examination early in 1919. During the mutiny he was Sergeant in charge of theChinese Guard at Government House, and was detailed,along with ex-Sergeant Chan Ngo Choo, for special duty in the shape of house-to-house search in certain districts for mutineers belonging to the 5th Madras Light Infantry. Mr. Teow Keong Hee was an excellent rifle shot, and on several occasions got into the final stage of the Governor's Cup competition at the S.R.A.annual meetings, besides winning a number of prizes in various shooting events.
Teow Keong Hee family
祖考趙公恭喜墓
妣吳氏金娘
妣曾氏巧賢
民囯卅一年
六月初一日
IN MEMORY OF
TEOW KEONG HEE
DIED 17TH MARCH 1942
Burial entry
Blk 5 C plot no 86
71 years old
On his first wife tomb ancestry place is listed as 寧邑
寧邑是新寧
在改名为“台山县”以前，新宁县有“宁邑”之简称
Mrs Teow nee Goh Kim Neo
寧邑趙門吳氏金娘
民國二十年
十月初四日
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MADAM GOH KIM NEO
PASSED AWAY ON
13TH NOVEMBER 1931
AGE 51 YEARS
SONS
TEOW ROBERT
TEOW ROKIM
TEOW KAH KIM
TEOW CHOON KIM
TEOW BOCK KIM
DAUGHTERS
TEOW LYE HO
TEOW INN NEO
TEOW LOKE NEO
TEOW KOK NEO
Burial entry
Blk 3 B plot no 617
51 years
5 sons 4 daughters
DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
Malaya Tribune, 14 November 1931, Page 8
Sale of Property.
Malaya Tribune, 27 September 1916, Page 5
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
The Straits Times, 4 September 1917, Page 6
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
The Straits Times, 19 January 1924, Page 8
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3
Malaya Tribune, 6 December 1930, Page 7
Chew Kong Hee should read as Teow Keong Hee
COMMISSIONS IN THE S.S.V.F.
Malaya Tribune, 18 March 1939, Page 12
同順館同人慶賀會紀辰到會同人百餘人
南洋商报 (Nanyang Siang Pau), 18 September 1939, Page 6
同順館選舉職員曾紀辰連任總理
南洋商报 (Nanyang Siang Pau), 21 January 1941, Page 12
同順會館
Thong Soon Wai Kuan
34 Hongkong Street
Page 11 Advertisements Column 4
Singapore Standard, 6 May 1954, Page 11
Mrs Teow nee Chan Ah Yin
Page 24 Advertisements Column 1
The Straits Times, 18 March 1985, Page 24
7 sons 6 daughters
182 Acknowledgements
The Straits Times, 22 March 1985, Page 41
184 In Memoriam
The Straits Times, 17 March 1987, Page 27
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