Career
Lee was born on July 26, 1924 in Cranbrook, British Columbia to Lee Look (Chow Manitoba) and Huey Shee Lee. She had two brothers who also served in the military - Wilson John Lee who served with training command at Fort Macleod, and William, who served in the Korean War. She was awarded her Canadian Citizenship Certificate in a ceremony in February 1947, along with 6 other veterans.
She was one of the first women of Chinese descent to become a Canadian citizen.
Since 1874, Chinese Canadians had been restricted from Canadian Citizenship.