张慧清在昆明新闻南路的文化墙上意外发现了外公邝金源的照片和事迹介绍1。这位来自马来西亚的华人通过这一巧合重新认识了家族中那段被尘封的抗战历史，并将发现分享到社交媒体后引发网友致敬1。
邝金源出生于1914年12月30日，祖籍广东台山，在马来亚亚罗士打成长1。1939年，他瞒着父母从马来亚报名参加南洋华侨机工回国服务团，响应陈嘉庚的号召回国抗战1。在随后的三年中，邝金源在滇缅公路从事卡车抢修工作，历经九死一生1。据统计，1939年至1942年间，3200多名南侨机工通过滇缅公路运送了50万吨军需物资和1.5万余辆汽车，但其中1000多名献出了生命，平均每公里就有一人牺牲1。
邝金源在照片上写下了"在敌人的炮火走出来的我"和"不忘廿四天路程悲恨"的字句1。战后，他于1946年12月25日登船返回马来亚，1949年6月13日与外婆结婚，随后沉默终身，直到1993年1月22日去世，享年79岁1。邝金源的遗物已被捐给云南省博物馆，被评为"收集机工文物过程中有关个人最全的资料"1。
Zhang Huiqing, a Malaysian Chinese woman, made an unexpected discovery on a cultural wall along Xinwen South Road in Kunming: a photograph and biographical account of her grandfather, Kuang Jinyuan, a mechanic who served in the Overseas Chinese Mechanic Corps during World War II.1 The finding prompted her to share the encounter on social media, sparking widespread public tributes and deepening her understanding of her grandfather's wartime contributions and the broader history of the Overseas Chinese mechanics.
Kuang Jinyuan was born on December 30, 1914, in Alor Setar, Malaysia, with ancestral roots in Taishan, Guangdong.1 In 1939, he enlisted in the Overseas Chinese Mechanic Service Corps without informing his parents, answering the call issued by Tan Kah Kee to overseas Chinese to return home and join the anti-Japanese resistance.1 Between 1939 and 1942, more than 3,200 Overseas Chinese mechanics transported over 500,000 tons of military supplies and more than 15,000 vehicles along the Burma Road, a crucial supply route during the war.1 The contribution exacted a devastating human cost: more than 1,000 mechanics lost their lives, with an average of one casualty per kilometer of road.1
Kuang survived the ordeal and returned to Malaysia on December 25, 1946.1 He married on June 13, 1949, and lived quietly for decades, passing away on January 22, 1993, at the age of 79.1 His personal effects were later donated to the Yunnan Provincial Museum, where they were recognized as the most comprehensive collection of individual artifacts related to the Overseas Chinese mechanics.1 On the photograph displayed on the cultural wall, Kuang had inscribed reminders of his harrowing journey: "I who came out of enemy gunfire!" and "Will not forget the sorrow and hatred of the twenty-four-day journey."1
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