Chinese Service Personnel
![Portrait of Private Albert Victor Sing 13/3077.]()
Portrait of Private Albert Victor Sing 13/3077.
Image kindly provided by the Willmot family (February 2017).Image may have copyright restrictions.
There have been 59 service people identified in Online Cenotaph as being of Chinese descent there are sure to be many more. If you have further information to contribute please contact us.
Military personnel of Chinese descent includes the Sing brothers. Helene Wong and Ant Sang's comics in the Museum's 2017 Being Chinese in Aotearoa exhibition brought to light the experiences of some amazing Chinese New Zealanders. One of these comics explores the story of Private Herbert Stanley Sing, a brave signaller who served with the Auckland Infantry Regiment in the First World War.
Further Resources:
Johnson, Ella. The Sing Brothers Go to War. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 7 February 2017. Updated: 29 June 2017.
Results
| Photo | Force | Wars | Service # | |
| C108467 |  | Mong | Frank Eric Howard Nicoll | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 72367 | | |
| 86621 | | Num | William Ah | Army | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 | 369952 | | |
| C52588 | | Paterson | Anthony John | Army | World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945 | 2/1313, 609939 | | |
| C12055 | | Paterson | James George | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 12/834 | | |
| 180667 | | Raka | Ah Sin | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 84520 | | |
| C69365 | | Roberts | Frank | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 16/1382 | | |
| 180073 | | Shiu | Hang Che | Navy | Korean War, 1950-1953, Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 | | | |
| C62414 | | Sing | Albert Victor | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 13/3077 | | |
| C62413 | | Sing | Arthur Percy | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 13/3078 | | |
| 98960 | | Singe | Donald | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | | | |
| C55326 | | Sing | Frank | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 12/1096 | | |
| C14487 | | Sing | Herbert Stanley | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 12/1097 | | |
| 98962 | | Singe | Mervyn Allen | Army | World War II, 1939-1945, World War II, 1939-1945 | 446029 | | |
| 87131 | | Singe | Miles Raymond | Army | Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 | 551418 | | |
| 185947 | | Sun | Graham George | Army | Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960, Regular Military Service | 34904 | | |
| C16063 | | Tye | James Robert | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 8/2746 | | |
| 187856 | | Wong | George | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | | | |
| C137194 | | Wong | William | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | 218221, NZ431870 | | |
| C145805 | | Yin | Charles | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 286505 | | |