Sir John Soong Chung Yocklunn (5 May 1933 – 7 April 2016) was a public servant who was National Librarian of Papua New Guinea during the 1970s.

Early life and education

Yocklunn was born in China and arrived in Australia as a child. He attended

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and later

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. During the mid 1960s, Yocklunn served as president of the student association at the

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. In 1974 Yocklunn graduated with a master's degree in arts (MA) from the

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Working life

After joining the Australian Public Service, where he worked for the

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, he moved to Papua New Guinea. He became National Librarian of the National Library of Papua New Guinea.

Honours

Yocklunn was made a

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in 1975. He was made a knight commander of the

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

in 1977 for organising Queen Elizabeth's tour of Papua New Guinea.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yocklunn, John Australian Knights Bachelor Australian Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 1933 births 2016 deaths Australian librarians Papua New Guinean librarians Chinese emigrants to Australia Australian expatriates in Papua New Guinea People educated at Perth Modern School Australian National University alumni