Cheung , Jo Yiu , fl 1938-2008 , seaman

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Cheung , Jo Yiu , fl 1938-2008 , seaman

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Mr Cheung was a seaman working onboard a cargo ship since 1943, as a result of which he had been to the London Docklands on several occasions. During the Second World War when sea transportation was disrupted, Cheung spent a number of years in India. After the War he left the cargo ship he was working on in order to settle in London. He worked in a number of Chinese restaurants in London before retirement.