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Name: FEATHERSTONE, Joseph Arthur (Dr.)
Birth Date: 1867 Stanhope, Durham
Death Date: 21.9.1914 Tooting, Surrey
Nationality: British
First Date: 190O
Last Date: 1901
Profession: Medical practitioner. Uganda Railway - formerly with BISN Co. as ship's doctor; Junior Asst. Med Officer; dismissed for drunkenness 22.6.1901
Married: In Woolwich, London 1896 Helen Jane McKilliam b. 22 July 1871 Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 28 Oct 1944 Kensington, London
Children: Frederick Wilson McKilliam (6 June 1897 Blackheath, London-1973); Elinor Dorothy (1899) (West)
Book Reference: North, Mills Railway
General Information:
North - From Blackheath, London; recommended for immediate dismissal 'frequently intoxicated since his arrival here' (Rawson, CO 537) 13-6-1901; dismissed for drunkenness 22-6-1901
North - Uganda Railway - From Kent; UK appt. as Junior Asst. Medical Officer 14-4-1900
Mills Railway - Dr Featherstone was recruited, sent to Mombasa, put to work and dismissed for drunkenness.