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Creator: Hacking Studio
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Point Grey King George V High School graduation photo of Ikball Singh with the class of 1918-1919. Ikball Singh Hundal was born in [?] in [?]. He arrived in B.C. with his brothers and grandmother in 1913. He went to the Point Grey King George V High School (which was later renamed as Magee). Ikball Singh was top of the class in his Junior Fourth Grade. He graduated from the Point Grey High School in 1919.
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Creator: Chow, Yucho
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Group photo of Hundal family in front of their family home in Point Grey, B.C. Hakam Singh Hundal's family (Hakam's grandmother, Bishan Kaur and children Atma Singh Hundal, Ikball Singh Hundal, Teja Singh Hundal, and Jerry Singh Hundal) originally tried to join Hakam in Canada in 1911. They sailed from Hong Kong to San Francisco but were refused entry in San Francisco and forced to sail back on the three week journey to Hong Kong. They stayed in Hong Kong while Hakam lobbied for permission to bring in his family with the aid of a lawyer. After almost two years of waiting in Hong Kong, the Hundal family was permitted to enter Canada in June 1913 through an Act of Grace issued by the federal government. Hakam purchased Lot 24 in Port Grey in 1917 and built a house. The family settled into their newly built house soon after.