Ho Kim Swee passed away the age of 52 and was buried in Bukit Brown on 14 February 1935. I don't have information about him but around the timeline, there was a Mr. Ho Kim Swee who was an Hon. Treasurer of the Straits Juvenile Union (Boon Wah Kok). But can't really confirm anything after that.
What is interesting to me is the names etched below his headstone (likely his children) are so unique;
Nona
Jawdi
Kling
Baby
Lah Yew
Johnny
Bulat Willie
Mary
Johnson
Ho Swee Kim is likely Baba Peranakan, judging from the names of the etched on the headstone. Nona=Nyonya, Jawdi=Jew, Kling=Indian, Lah Yew=Frail, Bulat=Round.
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| Ho Kim Swee |
Location of tomb
Block 3 Section D, plot 722
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| Ho Kim Swee |
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