Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos (3) Europe 1953

I have two picture postcards (ppc) from my mother. She wrote to her father when they were both overseas in the early 1950s. She was attending the Malayan Teachers' Training College at Kirkby, near Liverpool. He was probably completing his postgraduate studies after the war, and after 1950 - when the Queen's Scholarship scholars were allowed to further their studies in England. He stayed at 55 Courtfield Gardens, London, S.W.5., England. Then he visited Europe.

Interlaken
26.8.53

Dear Daddy,
I'm writing from Switzerland and I'm spending 5 days here.
I'll be going to Paris on Friday.
We are having bad weather for the last 2 days.
I don't have a holiday ticket and I can't go to the mountains as it costs a terrible price.
I'll be in London on September 1st at about 10.30 pm and I'm putting (up) at a Youth Camp.
I'll break away from the party the next morning and go up to your place.
If you want to write to me here is my address at Paris,
Hotel des Empereurs, 20, Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Paris.
Give my love to Aunty.
Tulip.

Address:
55, Courtfield Gardens, London S.W.5.

9 Sept 1953

Dear Daddy,
I'm now in Holland and will visit other countries and will be returning on Sept 2nd.
I arrive at Dover on Sept 1st and will stay at a youth camp near London.
On Sept 2nd we have lunch at Strectly.
Daddy I'll be visiting you when I arrive in London as I want to return the things Aunty lent me.
Expect me on September 2nd and I'll find my way to your hotel.
I cannot stay very long as I have to go back to college and change into a new block.
We have to be in by Friday 5th.
Hoping to see you and Aunty, and you have a pleasant visit to the continent.
Tulip.

Address:
Dr. M. J. Che Lah,
55, Courtfield Gardens,
London S.W.5.
England.

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Dr MJ Che Lah bin Md Joonos (1) Biodata

Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos (1903-1986)
LMS 1930 KEVII

Date of birth: 10 December 1903*
Place of birth: Penang**
Date of demise: 23 January 1986
Place of demise: Penang General Hospital
Place of burial: Tanah Perkuburan Masjid Jamek Glugor, Penang

*Two birth dates are recorded, 1903 and 1904. He wrote 1903 in his application form to the LSHTM. His eldest daughter Tulip wrote 1903 when he dictated his biodata at his death bed at GH Penang in 1986.

**Actual birthplace is unknown. Nobody knows for sure where he was born. It could be any of these places:
1. Kampong Dodol, Perak Road, Penang (near Jelutong)
2. Kampong Sg Gelugor, Penang (near Minden Heights)
3. Butterworth, as his mother was originally from there.

Attended the Malay School Penang, completed Standard IV. 

Attended the Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) Penang, completed Standard VII Sr Cambridge Dec 1919 .

Entered King Edward VII College of Medicine Singapore as FMS Govt Medical Student June 1923. 

Passed Final Medical Professional Examination March 1930. 

Awarded College Diploma L.M.S. Singapore (Class of March 1930). 

His paper transcripts still exist but are faded and very brittle. 

Some of his medical books have been donated to General Hospital Penang but these could not be traced. His books were probably sent to the bookstore in Chowrasta Market (used books bookshop on the 2nd floor)

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Author's notes:

Please help identify the other people in his original photos below (recaptured from his photo albums).

ACS Scouts. He is on the right

ACS Scouts. He is seated between 2 men with hats

Dr Che Lah is second from left. 2nd right is Syed Kabeer bin Syed Ahmad Al Husaini (Penang). The 2 men at far left and right are not known.

Dr Che Lah is at right most

Dr Che Lah is in white suit and with songkok at right.

Dr Che Lah at extreme right, maybe Hajj medical mission of 1963

Farewell to Malayan Railway. Not known which newspaper.
Straits Times? The Star? Straits Echo?

At the government residence at Maxwell Rd, Kuala Lumpur

His clinic was Glugor Klinik along Glugor Rd, now Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah

His 2nd residence at 219 Solok Pemancar, Jalan Solok Pemancar (circa 1959-65), off Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah. His house faces Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah. Photographed in 2011.

Same as above. Photographed on 4 March 2013

His 3rd residence at 355-A Lengkok Pemanchar (c.1969-c.1976). His house faced the rambutan plantation on the hill slopes and the valley below (Brown Garden). His house was demolished circa 1976.

Dr Che Lah and family at 355-A Lengkok Pemanchar, circa 1965.

His 4th and last residence at 460-H, Minden Heights, Jalan 7 was built in the 'poor man's row' circa 1970-71. The house still stands but is dilapidated.

At home in Minden Heights.

His pusara at Tanah Perkuburan Masjid Jamek Glugor, Penang.

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