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Name: BENNETT, Philip John 'Jack'
Birth Date: 20 May 1896 Ingestone, Foy, Herefordshire
Death Date: 19 May 1952 Kitale
First Date: 1925
Last Date: 1952
Profession: Farmer. 1925 Manager KFA Kitale
Area: Kitale
Married: In Kitale 8 Dec 1929 Marjorie Fenwick b. 1 Feb 1894 Newcastle upon Tyne, d. 20 Mar 1987 Isle of man
Children: Philip 'Pip' Girouard (11 Oct 1930 Kitale-2000); Michael John (28 Aug 1934 Eldoret-11 Oct 2019 Gympie, Australia)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EA & Rhodesia, Barnes
School: Framlingham Coll.
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 24/7/52 - Mr P.J. Bennett, who has died in Kitale, went to Kenya after service in the 1914-18 war, later farmed in the Trans Nzoia district, and then joined the staff of the KFA, becoming manager of the Kitale branch, from which post he retired last year. He leaves a widow and 2 sons.
Kitale cemetery - Philip John Bennett - b. 20 May 1896, died 19 May 1952
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List has Marjorie