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William Poy, the Glossary

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William George Poy, MM (17 May 1907 – 3 February 2002) was an Australian-born Canadian civil servant and businessman of Chinese descent.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 17 relations: Adrienne Clarkson, Australia, Chiltern, Victoria, Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao, Governor General of Canada, Hakka people, Hong Kong, Lance corporal, Military Medal, Neville Poy, Ontario, Ottawa, Royal Hong Kong Regiment, Toronto, University of Ottawa, Victoria (state), World War II.

  2. British colonial army soldiers
  3. Businesspeople from New South Wales
  4. Businesspeople from Victoria (state)
  5. Canadian recipients of the Military Medal

Adrienne Clarkson

Adrienne Louise Clarkson (born February 10, 1939) is a Hong Kong–born Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served from 1999 to 2005 as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation. William Poy and Adrienne Clarkson are Canadian people of Chinese descent.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Chiltern, Victoria

Chiltern is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the northeast of the state between Wangaratta and Wodonga, in the Shire of Indigo.

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Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao

The Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao (Consulat général du Canada à Hong Kong et Macao) represents Canada in the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China.

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Governor General of Canada

The governor general of Canada (gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal representative of the.

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Hakka people

The Hakka, sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Lance corporal

Lance corporal is a military rank, used by many English-speaking armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organisations.

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Military Medal

The Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other arms of the armed forces, and to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. William Poy and military Medal are Recipients of the Military Medal.

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Neville Poy

Neville George Poy, OC, FRCS(C), FACS (Chinese: 伍衛權; Cantonese Ńgh Waih-Kyùhn; born October 29, 1934, in British Hong Kong), is a Canadian philanthropist, photographer and retired plastic surgeon. William Poy and Neville Poy are Canadian people of Chinese descent.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Ottawa

Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.

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Royal Hong Kong Regiment

The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) (RHKR(V)), formed in May 1854, was a local auxiliary militia force funded and administered by the colonial Government of Hong Kong. Its powers and duties were mandated by the Royal Hong Kong Regiment Ordinance. During the Imperial age, home defence units were raised in various British colonies with the intention of allowing regular army units tied up on garrison duty to be deployed elsewhere.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa (Université d'Ottawa), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

British colonial army soldiers

Businesspeople from New South Wales

Businesspeople from Victoria (state)

Canadian recipients of the Military Medal

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Poy

Also known as Poy, William.