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Name: VAN JAARSVELD, Martin Melck

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Nee: son of Peter Paul Van Jaarsveld, surgeon

Birth Date: 1888 Cape Town

Death Date: 19 Oct 1953 Ceres, Capr Provincer, S. Africa

First Date: 1914

Profession: 'Leader' newspaper; founded & edited Tanganyika Post, Mombasa Review; planter; KAR

Area: Tanga, Mgr. Riddoch Motors Ltd., retired to S. Africa in 1944

Married: In Eastham, Cheshire 7 Apr 1915 Ada Mary Rose b. 23 Feb 1886 Eastham, Cheshire, d. 20 Apr 1973 Cape Province, S. Africa

Children: no

Book Reference: Gillett, Red 22, Red 25

War Service: WW1 with EA Forces, KAR

General Information:

Red 22 - 'The Leader', Mombasa
At time of his marriage he was a printer

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