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Victor Chang was born on 21st November 1936. His father was Aubrey Chang and his mother was May Lee. He was the eldest child in the family. He had a younger sister named Frances and a younger brother named Anthony.
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When Victor Chang was just an infant, the Chang family moved to Hong Kong because Shanghai was invaded by the Japanese.
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Victor's mother died of breast cancer on 4th April 1948 when he was only 12. This made him decided that he would become a doctor.
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Victor Chang was educated at Kowloon Tong Primary School and later at St Paul's Boys College in Hong Kong.
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Victor Chang and his sister migrated to Sydney.
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Victor Chang spent 2 years at Christian Brother's High School in Lewisham, Sydney.
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Chang graduated in the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with First Class Honours.
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Chang started working at the St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney after graduation.
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