Bill Chong

William Gun Chong (1911-2006) was a Canadian who served in the British Military Intelligence unit MI9 during World War II. He is the only Chinese Canadian to be awarded the British Empire Medal, the highest honor that Britain awards to non-British citizens.

Life
Chong was born in Vancouver on July 15, 1911. He had little education and was employed as a cook and houseboy.

Chong was visiting Hong Kong when the Japan invaded in 1941. He escaped to free China where he joined the British Army Aid Group, part of MI9. Chong then was a British spy who operated behind Japanese lines in occupied China.