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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June Che Lah

Jamaliah June Che Lah  (born Friday, 29 June 1934-died 12 May 1990) is the third daughter of Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos, an early Malay doctor. Aunty June was a kindergarten teacher in Ipoh and the Calvary Child Care in Damansara Heights. She married to Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel on 8 February 1958. They lived in Ipoh before moving to Kuala Lumpur. They had 5 children:-

1. Stephanie Druscilla Nathaniel
2. Gerald Kingsley Nathaniel
3. Rex Allan Nathaniel married Susann Lee. They have 2 children - Claris Nathaniel and Kevin Nathaniel. Rex is deceased. He died of a massive infarct when trying to chop a tree (according to Jeffrey).
4. Vanessa Gloria Nathaniel married Peter Yang. They have 3 children - Ian Timothy Yang, Melody Grace Yang, and Tabita Hope Yang. Vanessa has remarried.
5. Amanda Zoe Nathaniel

June and Rex are deceased. Stephanie and Amanda live in Kuala Lumpur. Vanessa lives in Perth. Stephanie, Vanessa and Amanda are in Facebook.


I have never met Aunty June face-to-face except for one occasion at Pak Saleh's house during kenduri arwah for my step-uncle, Uncle Philip @ Mohd Noor, who died of complications following a brain tumour surgery performed at GH Penang. I have not seen the death certificate of this uncle, and therefore I cannot point to the date (40 days after death) or date of this chance meeting with June.

I met Aunty June once circa 1975 when she was walked past me at Pak Saleh's house in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur. I was seated against the wall and she and her sisters and their families walked past me. I thought they were important people as they didn't look anything like me. I had thought they were Orang Puteh but later I found out that they were Burghers.

In dating these photos below, I have used events that occurred from the many accounts of many family members. A misleading piece of information was the exact date of Dr Che Lah's birth. Nobody knows for sure what the correct date of birth (DOB) for Dr Che Lah is. There are presently 2 dates, 10 December 1903 and 10 December 1904. In his application papers, Dr Che Lah wrote 1903 as his birth year. However, for his birthdays and headstone, the families used 1904. I have mentioned these conflicting dates in his biography. I will mention the correct birth date once I get permission from JPN (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara) to check its database records. I have not returned to JPN with the evidence it needed.

Aunty June (18) in KL in 1952 at her eldest's sister's send-off to Kirkby. Photo from Tulip's album.

Aunty June (23) in 1957 before marriage. Photo was contributed by Sharifah.

Aunty June's (24) marriage to Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel, 8 February 1958, at St Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur. Guard of Honour, photo was contributed by Amanda.

Uncle Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel received the Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN) award 1975

The above photos were from Aunty June's youngest daughter, Amanda Zoe, in Facebook

Aunty June's children with their father. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

Aunty June and her children. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

Uncle Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel

Aunty June (44) on 10 December 1978 at her father's 74th birthday party in Penang. Dr Che Lah's album.

Dr Che Lah's 75th birthday in Penang, 10 December 1978. From left: Daisy Yvette (Perth), Dr Che Lah (cutting cake), Aminah (little girl, Tulip's youngest daughter), June (behind little girl), 2 of Aunty June's daughters, and Mariah (Dr Che Lah's second wife).

Aunty June (2L) with her mother Catherine Daisy de Coursey Bulner (3L), youngest maternal uncle Humphry @ Edward Bulner (4L) and 4 of her 5 children. Her husband is on Humphry's left. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

Aunty June (46+) in saree in 1980s at her daughter's graduation. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

Aunty June with husband and 2 daughters. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

Aunty June and her youngest maternal uncle Humphry @ Edward Bulner (UK).
Humphry is the youngest of Catherine's 6 siblings. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

June's grave (29 June 1934-12 May 1990; 56 years).

R.I.P.
In Loving Memory of
June Nathaniel
29 June 1934 - 12 May 1990
Wife of Devedass Kingsley Nathaniel

Photo from Amanda's Facebook, 2 May 2014

#5/5 Amanda Zoe Nathaniel, 1 May 2014

Photo from her Facebook

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Esther Schokman 1933-2018

Esther (born 10 March 1933) is the second daughter of Dr Che Lah bin Mohd Joonos and Daisy Catherine Decoursey Bulner. Dr Che Lah was an early Malay doctor in British Malaya and Malaysia. 

Esther had worked in the accounts department of the Malayan Railway Administration (MRA) in Kuala Lumpur. It is not known when she started working with the MRA but she retired from the MRA in 1988. 

MRA Building external links

https://kualalumpur-travel.info/places/all/all/24-kuala-lumpur-railway-station

https://www.slideshare.net/limziahuei/cnc-final-49018338

http://highlanderimages.blogspot.my/2011/04/

http://www.panoramio.com/user/271739?with_photo_id=6575914

http://www.kuala-lumpur.ws/attractions/kl-railway-station.htm

Esther married to Aelian Cantlay Schokman at the St Mary's Church in Kuala Lumpur on 5 September 1959. They have 2 children - Muhamed Al-Jeffrey Schokman bin Abdullah (1961) and Veronica Alison Christobel Schokman (1964).

Muhamed Al-Jeffrey Schokman married Siti Noor Azar binti Majid (1961). They have 4 children - Muhamed Armin Schokman (1987), Nurlisa Sharmin Schokman (1990), Muhamed Aiman Schokman (1993), and Nur Hanis Schokman (1996).

I met Esther and Jeffrey at Impiana KLCC in 2009. I didn't meet Aelian as I was informed he was unwell and had just returned from the hospital. I had completed the first 40 drafts on my book on The Early Malay Doctors. We went through her father's biography and made additions and corrections. She was thrilled. I have sent her my published book via her son Jeffrey.

Jeffrey informed that his wife Siti Noor Azar had left her pharmacy job to do something else.

Veronica Alison Christobel Schokman married once but is now single. I have met Veronica once. She has a lot of photos of herself and relatives in her Facebook. She has a cousin named Jack Schokman who runs a photography business in Perth. She also has an uncle named Ossy.

Aelian Cantlay Schokman passed away on 15 May 2011.
Esther Schokman passed away on 24 June 2018.

Portraits of Esther from Tulip's photo album

Esther's marriage to Aelian Cantlay Schokman at St Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur on 5 September 1959. Photo was cropped from the one below.

Esther's 50th wedding anniversary, 5 September 2009.
Photo from Jeffrey's Facebook.

Aelian and Esther with their 2 children - Jeffrey and Veronica.

Photos from Jeffrey's Facebook.

Aunty Esther reading the draft of her father's biography at Impiana KLCC, 6 June 2009.

Jeffrey's family, 6 June 2009. Impiana KLCC, KL.

Mohamed Al-Jeffrey Schokman bin Abdullah.
Portrait from his Facebook profile.

The Schokman family 5 September 2009.
Photo from Jeffrey's Facebook.

Esther and Aelian's 50th wedding anniversary, 5 September 2009.
Photo from Jeffrey's Facebook. Her husband has a batik shirt on.

The Schokman family. Esther, Aelian, Jeffrey and Veronica.
Photo from Jeffrey's Facebook.

Sibs Jeffrey and Veronica Schokman. 5 September 2009.
Photo from Jeffrey's Facebook.

Jeffrey's and Veronica's parents, Aelian and Esther.
Photo from Jeffrey's Facebook.

Jeffrey's family Aidilfitri 2010.
Photo from Jeffrey's Facebook.

Jeffrey's family Aidilfitri 2011.
Photo from Jeffrey's Facebook.

Jeffrey's family Aidilfitri 2012.
Photo from Jeffrey's Facebook.

Jeffrey's family's makan angin in Singapore.
Photo from Jeffrey's Facebook.

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Esther's demise

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Esther on Geni.com

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Rootsweb
Family #1115

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen1115.html

Sri Lankan Burgher Family Genealogy

Johan William Schokman Family #1115

1  Johan William Schokman + Anne Louisa Ohlmus

........2  Millicent Florence Schokman 1875 - + William Andrew Felsinger 1865 -

..................3  William Frederick Vernon Felsinger 1904 -

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Rootsweb
Family #1110

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen1110.html
Sri Lankan Burgher Family Genealogy
Charles Perkins Family #1110

1  Charles Perkins + Catharina Robertina Dorothea Aldons
........2  Catharina Wilhelmina Perkins1844 – 1922 + William Edmund Felsinger 1834 - 1920
..................3  Arthur Felsinger- 1884
..................3  Samuel Oswald Felsinger 1863 - + Margaret Clara Wambeek1884 -
............................4  Elaine Clare Felsinger 1926 -
..................3  Margaret Susanna Felsinger 1864 -
..................3  William Andrew Felsinger 1865 - + Millicent Florence Schokman1875 -
............................4  William Frederick Vernon Felsinger 1904 -

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Rootsweb
#1102

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen1102.html
Sri Lankan Burgher Family Genealogy
JAMES JANSEN Family #1102

1  JAMES JANSEN + GEORGINA JANSZA
........2  MABEL JANSEN 1896 - + PETER JANSZA
........2  FRANKLIN JANSEN 1897 -
........2  DONALD JANSEN 1899 -
........2  CLARENCE JANSEN 1901 -
........2  MATILDA JANSEN 1904 - + RAYMOND VAN SANDEN
........2  LENA VERA JANSEN 1907 – 1989 + CLEMENT WILLIAM VAN TWEST 1904 - 1958
..................3  MYRTLE ALICIA VAN TWEST 1925 - + CARLTON CRAMER1922 - 1992
..................3  DOUGLAS CLAYTON CLEMENT VAN TWEST 1928 – 1996 + EILEEN BLOK
..................3  DOREEN JOYCE MAY VAN TWEST 1930 - + DERRICK SCHOKMAN
............................4  DIEDRE SCHOKMAN 1954 -
............................4  MALCOLM SCHOKMAN 1958 -
............................4  TANYA SCHOKMAN 1964 -

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Tulip bt Che Lah 1931-2004 (2) Biodata

1931 - Jumabee Tulip (born 4 November 1931) is the eldest daughter of Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos and Daisy Catherine Decoursey Bulner. She was the eldest of 4 sisters by Dr Che Lah's first wife, Catherine Daisy de Coursey Bulner. She was known as Tulip to relatives and close friends, and as Tulip Che Lah (TCL) or Tulip Rashid (TR) to her students and colleagues. She did not like her first name Jumabee because she said she was not a Bee! But the Malay people called her Che Bee or Mak Bee. Bur her grandchildren called her Nenek B (as in the alphabets).

1945 - 1951 - An intelligent, obedient and observant child, Tulip attended the St Mary's School at Batu Road in Kuala Lumpur. She recalled a chauffeur in white uniform drove her from her home to school and back, in a white "Rolls Royce" - it was not a Rolls Royce, but some believed it was. Tan Sri Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin also recalled having been driven in the same "Rolls Royce", after a meeting with Dr Che Lah, from the Government Health Office in Kuala Lumpur to Sg Buloh where Dr Che Lah's family resided. Then the chauffeur drove him back to Kuala Lumpur. We don't know where this white "Rolls Royce" went. My eldest brother said it was an Austin and not a Rolls Royce although it appeared like one.

1952 - 1954 - Tulip then went overseas in 1952. She attended the Malayan Teachers Training College at Kirkby (Kirkby College), about 2 hours drive north-east of Liverpool in England. Her senior was her future husband. Another senior was Saliah Ismail @ Fatma Abu, younger sister of (Tan Sri) Dr Abdul Majid bin Ismail. Other friends were Yasmin Hanoum bt Sir Kamil Ariff (Penang), Tuanku Bainun bt Mohd Ali (Perak), and (Tan Sri Dr) Yahaya Ibrahim (Bayan Lepas, Penang).

1954 - 1958, 1960 - 1963 - After returning from England, she became a schoolteacher, first at the Bandar Hilir English School and then at the Jasin English School (1954-1963).

1964 - 1967 - She then taught at Sultanah Asma Secondary School 1964-1967. It was in Kedah that she became friends with (Tun) Dr Siti Hasmah and (Tun) Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who were practising doctors in Alor Star, Kedah. At the time, Dr Che Lah was retired and had returned to Penang and practised privately while helping out at the Penang Town Council.

1967 - May 1969 - Tulip was then relocated to Sabah College (secondary school), Jesselton (now Kota Kinabalu). It was at Sabah College that Tulip became the teacher of Datin Marina Lokman, the elder sister of Datuk Mahathir Lokman. She was also the teacher of (Datin) Mahani Pengiran Ahmad Rafaie, who was the ruler's daughter in Sabah at the time when Tun Mustapha was Chief Minister. There was also a Black Jamaican teacher at Sabah College, named James or George (I can't recall).

May 1969 -  Jan 1972 - Tulip then transferred to Sultan Ismail Secondary School (Form 1-3) and Sultan Ismail College (SIC, Form 4-6) at Telipot, near Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

The SIC is in front of Dr Ali Othman Merican's house lot. The wooden house named Pondok K'seena was moved to Sg Buloh by his son Dr Ahmad Ezanee Merican. Dr AO Merican was an early Malay doctor, a bit earlier than Tulip's father. Dr AO Merican had passed away towards the end of WWII in Kota Bharu. 

Feb 1972 - 1975 - Tulip then transferred to Malacca Girls' High School at Durian Daun. The school was in front of the Maktab Perguruan Perempuan Melayu Melaka government quarters where she lived with her family. She taught English and Geography at the girls' school.

1976 - 1986 - Finally, she relocated to the Penang Chinese Girls' High School at Pulau Tikus where she retired on 4 November 1986. It was both a sad as well as a happy time at retirement. She was sad to leave teaching altogether for she enjoyed teaching. She was happy as she had planned to visit the author towards the end of the author's PhD at the University of Western Australia (UWA).

Tulip was a quiet person and played the piano. She completed her piano lessons in England and became a certified pianist though she never performed publicly. She played Chopin, Voices of Spring (Strauss) and some ragtime including The Sting and Maple Leaf Rag. She was a good swimmer as a teenager and could perform most swim strokes. She also played hockey for St Mary's and for Kirkby College, along with Tuanku Bainun who lived across from her room. She had colours for hockey. She said she also played ice hockey. She tore her abdominal muscles while playing ice hockey and had to undergo surgery to stitch up her abdomen. She enjoyed tap dancing as a young teacher in Banda Hilir, Malacca. My parents went tap dancing at a dance theatre. We visited Malacca and my father showed me where they went tap dancing.

As a mother, Tulip was a quiet person around the house. She never spoke much except she would blurt a proverb or two at the right time and laugh once in a while. She was an avid reader and read Jane Eyre as well as Enid Blyton books and British magazines which were sent by her tutor, Mr Sellman of Essex, UK. She enjoyed needlework and craft. She sewed, knitted and did crochet. She had a lot of Japanese books for her crochet. She did not like gossip and never had a close-knit group of friends for that purpose. She had never learned the computer and never touched it. She had never emailed or knew Facebook. She watched English news on TV and read the English newspapers.

Tulip also read Betty Croker cookbooks. She liked baking cakes and learned new recipes from a women's cook group when she lived in Sabah. Some of her favourite are devil's food cake (an American rich chocolate cake), macaroni bil asad (an Egyptian recipe like lasagnia) and nasi tomato. She didn't know how to cook most Malay dishes except she picked up on a few from asking friends and her Malay relatives - nasi tomato, sambal udang, kerabu pucuk paku, masak asam pedas, masak lemak cekak manis with labu (pumpkin), salted fish head curry with pineapples and ketupat plus beef rendang for Aidilfitri. She was good with simple Chinese dishes and continental recipes.

Tulip wanted to become a doctor just like her father but she said the Japanese war spoiled everything. She missed 5 years of British education and attended Japanese school instead. She learned to read, write and sing in Japanese. She was able to read and crochet from Japanese books even in her old age. She told many horror stories about the Japanese war, including what happened at Sungai Buloh Settlement where her father was tortured. Her father took charge of the settlement as the Medical Superintendent there, as the British doctors were all interned at Changi Prison in Singapore. Together with her father in the lead, her family helped out to provide care, fed and looked after the lepers at Sungai Buloh till the war was over. None of them contracted leprosy. She said her father helped to make soap from coconut oil and soda ash (from burnt palm fronds). They had to make soap as there was no soap supplies during the war.

Tulip kept a complete work diary and a small pocket diary but she wrote nothing much in her diary except a few quotes. She never wrote anything much in her little dark blue diary. She last wrote of her father at his death bed. She wrote his name, birth date and date of his graduation from the King Edward VII Medical School in Singapore. These were written on a piece of paper torn from The Star newspaper. Dr Che Lah passed away on 23 January 1986 at GH Penang.

Tulip married her Kirkby colleague Abdul Rashid and they had 7 children. Tulip suffered from chronic diabetes type 2 since 1965, and succumbed to myocardial infarction (MI) while visiting her children. She passed away on 5 June 2004 and is interred at Tanah Perkuburan Islam in Bandar Baru Selayang, Selangor.

Tulip (right most) and school friends reading at the Reading Room, St Mary's School in Kuala Lumpur, 1945-1951.

Tulip (right) and her mother Catherine Daisy Decoursey (de Coursey) Bulner at the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station in 1952, before she left for England to study at Kirkby.

Tulip's bersanding with her Kirkby colleague Abdul Rashid
in Banda Hilir, Malacca, 24 December 1955. Their Akad nikah (solemnisation of marriage) was held earlier on 26 November 1931.

Tulip and her father, Dr Che Lah on his 75th birthday in 1978 at his home in Penang. 
The little boy is Dr Che Lah's  grandnephew Jasri Joonos.

These words were found in Tulip's diary of 1967: "To do good is not only our greatest duty, but should be our greatest interest." I have used this as the text description for this blog, and also as the last slide for my professorial talk in 2010.

Tulip at 72 before she passed away.

DOA UNTUK IBUBAPA

Allahummaghfirli waliwalidayya warhamhumah kamarabbayani saghirah

Allahhummaghfirli dzunubi waliwalidayya, warhamhumma kama robbayani soghiro 

Makna doa: 

Ya Allah, ampunilah dosa-dosaku serta kedua ibu bapaku dan kasihanilah mereka keduanya sebagaimana mereka memelihara dan mendidikku di masa kecil.

Allahummaghfirlaha warhamhuma wa'afiha waghfu'anha  bima rahmanir rahimin

Taken from: http://ladanguluyam.blogspot.com/2010/09/doa-untuk-kedua-ibubapa.html

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Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos (2) Newspapers

Dr MJ Che Lah (1903-1986)

http://newspapers.nl.sg (digitised articles)


The Straits Times, 29 July 1930, Page 19
CHINESE RUNS AMOK.
- Hong Fatt mine at Sungei Besi
- Chinese mining coolies
- Dr. Che Lah, assistant surgeon attached to the District Hospital
- a Chinese mining coolie, Chan San suffered from malaria, ran amok, and died from shock and hemorrhage due to rupture of spleen


The Straits Times, 24 July 1933, Page 17
KLANG CONCERT.


The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 October 1933, Page 7
MALAY WEDDING
- Towkay Goh Hock Huat, JP
- Mr. and Mrs. Lopez
- Dr. and Mrs. Che Lah


The Straits Times, 22 January 1934, Page 13
KLANG FAREWELL.
- Chinese Rubber Growers' Association Hall, Klang
- Mr. and Mrs. C. J. H. Lowe
- Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel
- Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lopez
- Mr. and Mrs. F. W. O. Stephens, Miss A. Stephens
- Mr. and Mrs. Hesse
- Mr. and Mrs. Lafountain
- Raja Nong, Dato Kaya, Klang
- Mr. B. Geoarge
- Mr. G. LaBrooy
- Dr. and Mrs. Che Lah


The Straits Times, 30 January 1934, Page 12
CAPITAL CHARGE.


The Straits Times, 12 July 1934, Page 12
TAMIL SENTENCED TO DEATH.
- Bukit Kriong Estate, Kapar
- Tamil men and women
- tapping rubber
- Dr. Che Lah


The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 July 1935, Page 15
All-Malay Open Tennis Championships
- Dr. Mohd. Said
- Dr. Che Lah
- Dr. Abd. Ghani


The Straits Times, 9 February 1936, Page 26
Untitled
- with pic


The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 March 1936, Page 11
Untitled


The Straits Times, 29 September 1936, Page 10
Social and personal
Dr. S. V. Chellam, Deputy Health Officer, Port Swettenham
Dr. Che Lah, Acting Deputy Health Officer, Port Swettenham; returned to KL


The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 September 1937, Page 6
- Dr. Hussein, Assistant Medical Officer, Malay Regiment, Port Dickson, will be going to KL on transfer early next month (August 1937)
- Dr. Che Lah from KL will replace him at the Malay Regiment in Port Dickson (28 September 1937)


The Straits Times, 2 October 1938, Page 31
PORT DICKSON


The Straits Times, 26 May 1940, Page 7
Youth Stabs His Brother


The Straits Times, 4 April 1949, Page 5
Senior Asian Officers Meet In K.L.


The Straits Times, 20 April 1949, Page 7
Senior Asian Govt Officers Form Assn.

DOCTOR GETS DECREE NISI
The Straits Times, 26 April 1949, Page 7

Kuala Lumpur, Mon. - A decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months, was granted to Dr Augustine Mohamed Junus Che Lah in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today following an application for a divorce from his wife Daisy d' Courcy Che Lah (Nee Bulner).
Dr Che Lah, a medical officer attached to the Malayan Railways, alleged adultery on the part of his wife.
The suit was not contested.

The Straits Times, 2 July 1949, Page 7
GRADUATES APPOINTED
- Representatives of the Guild of Graduates to the Court and Council of the University of Malaya
-- Dr. M. J. Che Lah
-- Dr. I. S. Ibrahim


The Straits Times, 17 April 1950, Page 5
REPRESENTATION IN FED. COUNCIL IS SOUGHT
- Federal Legislative Council
- Senior Asian Government Officers Association (SAGOA)
-- Mr. Gunn Lay Teik, president
-- Dr. M. J. Che Lah, vice-president
-- Committee:
--- Messrs. S. Thambiah
--- P. Kanagasabal
--- S. Manuel Pillay
--- N. A. K. Nair
--- Chang Yoong Hin
--- K. Arianayagam
--- Dr. D. S. Manikkar, secretary
--- Dr. S. Parampalam
--- Mr. T. Abraham, treasurer


The Straits Times, 11 May 1950, Page 5
$50,000 Loan To Fight Japs


The Singapore Free Press, 4 June 1951, Page 5
GRADUATE REPRESENTATION FOR VARSITY COUNCIL


The Singapore Free Press, 2 August 1951, Page 5
Varsity Council & Court


The Straits Times, 2 August 1951, Page 4
NOMINEES NAMED

Results of election of nominees of the Guild of Graduates to the Council and Court of the University of Malaya were announced by the Registrar, W.D. Craig. The 8 men nominated would serve the UM Court from 8 Oct 1951- 7 Oct 1955.


The Straits Times, 22 May 1956, Page 10
Page 10 Advertisements Column 3
- Medical Dept, Pahang


The Straits Times, 11 February 1957, Page 8
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
- Vacancies for Probationer Health Inspectors
- Ag. State Medical & Health Officer, Pahang
  Dr MJ Che Lah
  Kuantan
  4 Feb 1957


The Straits Times, 4 June 1957, Page 4
flu flared at jubilee


The Straits Times, 5 June 1957, Page 9
Flu hits Pahang: Four schools close


The Straits Times, 3 January 1958, Page 5
Pahang plan for a floating dispensary


The Straits Times, 8 January 1958, Page 5
$4 million health plan for peasants


The Straits Times, 28 May 1958, Page 12
Page 12 Advertisements Column 4
- Tenders. Medical Department, Pahang

The Straits Times, 30 June 1958, Page 7
Medical officer retires


The Straits Times, 7 September 1959, Page 5
MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS KILLS SIX CHILDREN IN PENANG
- mysterious sickness killed 6 children less than age 4, at Gertak Sanggul fishing village
- 14 miles from G.T.
- vomitting, purging, and convulsions
- Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew
- Tuan Haji H. A. Azyze, chairman of the rural district council
- Dr. M. J. Che Lah, rural health officer


The Straits Times, 6 October 1961, Page 5
Government declares 'war' on caterpillars of Penang Hill
- Penang State Medical Department
- Dr. M. Che Lah, Medical Officer of Health (Rural)
- caterpillars invaded Penang Hill
- sprayed D.D.T.
- felled trees at Bel Retiro, State Govt's hill bungalow
- Penang Hill Govt dispensary


The Straits Times, 8 July 1964, Page 5
1,800 more pilgrims back this month


The Straits Times, 16 July 1965, Page 9
Pilgrims who left it till too late...


The Straits Times, 20 January 1966, Page 4
Biggest medical mission for Mecca
- Total: 2,000 Malaysian pilgrims
- Leaving Penang on 29 January 1966
- Ship: Kuala Lumpur
- Medical Mission: 27 people + 5 = 32 people
This was the biggest medical mission sent to Makkah
Team:
3 doctors - Dr Che Lah (leader), Dr Haji Ahmad (Kedah), Dr M. I. Hussain (Terengganu)
10 hospital assistants
1 matron (Mariah, wife of Dr Che Lah)
3 nurses
10 attendants
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In addition:
2 welfare officers
1 religious teacher
2 cooks
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Dr. Haji M. J. Che Lah (Penang), leader of the mission
- flew to Makkah a week after Kuala Lumpur left Penang
- arrived in Jeddah a week ahead of the pilgrims, to finalise all medical arrangements
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Dato Haji Ali Rouse, Controller of Pilgrimage
- said # of "flying pilgrims" had increased in 1966
- a chartered plane will carry 90 pilgrims to Makkah:
-- they will tour the Middle East
-- Was this the pilgrimage of Dr Omar bin Din, who accompanied the Sultan or Agong?
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first batch pilgrims - 700 Singapore, 700 Penang, 300 Port Swettenham (total 1,700)
Leaving Penang on 29 Jan 1966:
30 crates of drugs and medicines
15 new beds for sick bays in Jeddah & Makkah
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Haji Abdul Kader bin Haji Tamin, pilgrim commissioner, will sail on Kuala Lumpur
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Inche Osman bin Fakir, officer from Penang pilgrimage office
- leave for Borneo on Friday
- to make arrangements for the departure of pilgrims from Borneo
- they will board the second ship, Anshun


The Straits Times, 4 January 1968, Page 7
ALL SET FOR FIRST BATCH OF PILGRIMS OFF TO MECCA

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