Tracing a record of a Chinese Merchant Seaman - can you help?

[Malcolm Kyle]

Hello and thank you for accepting my registration.

I have an enquiry that I hope one of the members may be able to help with. I am trying to trace any record of a Chinese Merchant Seaman who was born in Shanghai in 1924 and who I understand served with the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. His name was Samuel Yung Sung DONG and it is believed his address while onshore was 17, Wesley Street, Liverpool. He married an English girl Claudina REGINIO from Liverpool and they subsequently had a daughter Christina

Like many Chinese Merchant Seamen it appears Samuel was repatriated in late 1945 or early 1946 and not heard from again. Little Christina was adopted by her aunt. Due to the fact China was in the throes of it's own civil war during the period Samuel was repatriated, it is uncertain where he would have disembarked. It may have been Singapore or Hong Kong.

I've tried without success to find any records for Samuel at the National Archives 1929-1945. I am aware through other websites that Samuel may have been one of the 20,000 Chinese Seamen who were recruited to assist the war effort. I understand a company called John Swire & Sons, who were also known as Butterfield and Swire were agents for Alfred Holt and Company (Blue Funnel) who employed many of the Chinese Merchantmen. I also understand (and please excuse my ignorance of this vital part of our history), that many of the Chinese Merchant Seaman were also employed by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum (Shell). What I'm really hoping to find is either a record of service, Seaman's Book or any Discharge papers or cards.

Could anyone point me to where I may find them? I'm sorry I do not have any records of the ships Samuel sailed in.

Thank you in advance

Malcolm Kyle

Discharge Card or Seaman's Book

[Keith at Tregenna]

Pos worth searching under Yung S S Dong

Yung S S Dong
mentioned in the record of Reginio and Yung S S Dong
Name
Yung S S Dong
Event Type
Marriage Registration
Event Place
Liverpool South, Lancashire, England
Registration District
Liverpool South
County
Lancashire
Registration Year
1943
Registration Quarter
Jan-Feb-Mar
Page
117
Affiliate Line Number
82
Volume
8B
Spouse Name (available after 1911)
Reginio
Possible Spouse
Claudina Reginio

[Doc Vernon]

Hello
If Dong was his Surname then if he did serve in the MNavy at that time .his CRS10 should be held amongst this Series ,that is as far as i am aware of.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11001452

Reference:	BT 382/3149
Description:	Dempsey E to Dyson J W
Date:	1941 Jan 01 - 1950 Dec 31
Held by:	The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department:	12
Legal status:	Public Record(s)
Closure status:	Open Document, Open Description

[Doc Vernon]

NA Dong.jpg

[Keith at Tregenna]

Also check Song.

Hope this helps, Keith.


Claudina Reginio
mentioned in the record of Song and Claudina Reginio
Name
Claudina Reginio
Event Type
Marriage Registration
Event Place
Liverpool South, Lancashire, England
Registration District
Liverpool South
County
Lancashire
Registration Year
1943
Registration Quarter
Jan-Feb-Mar
Page
117
Affiliate Line Number
99
Volume
8B
Spouse Name (available after 1911)
Song
Possible Spouse
Samuel D G Song

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[Malcolm Kyle]

Thank you for your prompt responses.

I do have the record of the marriage and birth certificate for Claudina Reginio and Samuel in March 1943.

It is any reference to his service I'm looking for.

Thank you again and warm regards,

Malcolm

[Keith at Tregenna]

The records added above are more about getting the name correctly at this stage,
apart from your initial post, there are two other name formulations. Any record search
requires actual. Will look further ASAP. Can you confirm any as correct ?

K.

[Keith at Tregenna]

He married an English girl Claudina REGINIO from Liverpool and they subsequently had a daughter Christina

If the same Claudio ?

Could they have been divorced or known death ?


Claudina Reginio
mentioned in the record of Tung Ah Or Po Chang and Claudina Reginio
Name
Claudina Reginio
Event Type
Marriage Registration
Event Place
Liverpool South, Lancashire, England
Registration District
Liverpool South
County
Lancashire
Registration Year
1949
Registration Quarter
Jul-Aug-Sep
Page
1259
Affiliate Line Number
71
Volume
10D
Spouse Name (available after 1911)
Tung Ah Or Po Chang
Possible Spouse
Tung C Ah