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Name: MATTHEWS, James Whitlock MC

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Short Name: 'Bwana Mfupi'

Birth Date: 12 Dec 1895 Fremantle, W. Australia

Death Date: 27 Mar 1980 Rotorua, New Zealand

First Date: 1922

Profession: Farmer

Area: 1930 Kiminini; 1922 Kamak 1937 Llandaff Estate Kitale, 1925 Hoey's Bridge 1949 Fairlawn

Married: In Grahamstown 2 June 1926 Josephine Evelyn Hoole b. 4 Jan 1902 Grahamstown, d. 28 Dec 1980 Rotorua, N. Zealand

Children: Richard St John (1928 Kitale-2021 Perth, W. Australia); Philip St John (24 Nov 1929 Kitale-23 Nov 2022 Wellington, N. Zealand); Josephine Patricia (Pratt) (1941 Kitale-2017 Newport, Wales)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 22, Red 25, Red 31, Who's Who 63

War Service: 4th Battn. N. Staffordshire Regt. 1915, 2nd Lieut., seconded to 6th King's Own Yorks. Light Infantry 1916; 1940-45, Major

School: St Andrew's College Grahamstown, South Africa

General Information:

Who's Who 63 - retired from Army 1920; arrived in Kenya 1920; Farmer
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - James Whitlock Matthews, Farmer PO Kitale
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
 

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