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Name: PRESTON, Wheeler Bate (Capt.)
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1885 Portsmouth
Death Date: 1953 Huntington, New York, USA
First Date: 1919
Profession: Farmer
Area: 'Whitefield', Londiani
Married: Dorothy Hartley b. 19.2.1893 Ladybrand, Free State, S. Africa, d. 1977 New York
Children: John (27 May 1922 Eldoret); Sylvia Noel (25 Dec 1924 London)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, SS, Gazette
War Service: Nigerian Regt.
School: Brasenose Coll. Oxford
General Information:
Red 22 - Justice of the Peace - Londiani
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Capt. W.B. Preston, Whitefield, Abingdon, Berks - Farm 469
Gazette - 20/7/1921 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Wheeler Bate Preston - Farmer, Whitefield - Londiani and Mrs Dorothy Preston - Married woman, Whitefield - Londiani
Red 25 - JP, Londiani
Became naturalised US citizen 10 Feb 1941 with wife. In 1940 US Census.
Had been DC in North Borneo