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Name: SARGEANT, John
Birth Date: 1866 Southport, Lancs.
Death Date: 22.3.1916 Nairobi, motor accident
First Date: 1905
Last Date: 1916
Profession: Appointed Chief Accountant of PWD
Area: Nairobi, Nakuru, Naivasha
Married: in St Pancras, London 18 May 1897 Elizabeth Irving b. 8.9.1862 Southport, d. 9.2.1928
Children: Mavis
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Playne, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Gazette, North, EAHB 1907, Barnes, Leader14, Colonial, Red Book 1912
School: Athelhampton School, Birkdale
General Information:
SE - J. Serjeant [sic] - Aug 1908
Drumkey 1909 - Public Works Dept. - Accountant - Mombasa
Gazette - 12/4/16 - Obituary - John Sergeant - Chief Accountant, PWD, died in a motor accident 28/3/16. He joined the Protectorate Service in May 1905. An able and efficient officer.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - J. Sergeant, PWD
North has Sargeant- From Birkdale, Southport; appt. Asst. Accountant PWD, EAP 30/5/1905; arr. Mombasa from England 29/6/1905
Nairobi South cemetery - John Sargeant, died 22 Mar 1916, Chief Accountant, PWD, motor accident. Died of haemorrhage and shock as a result of a motor accident near Secretariat Siding.
Buried 29 Mar 1916
Buried 29 Mar 1916
Leader14 - Chief Accountant, PWD
Colonial 1912 - Public Works Dept. - Chief Accountant
Red Book 1912 - J. Sergeant - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Public Works Dept. - Chief Accountant
Red Book 1912 - Committee Member - League of Mercy - Mrs Sergeant
Playne - Hon. Secretary, EA & Uganda Natural History Society
Advertiser - 28/8/1908 - little bridesmaid at wedding of G.L. Langridge and Miss L.M. Coldham - Miss Mavis Sargent of Nairobi
W.A. Kempe diary 28 Mar 1916 A terrible tragedy, Sargeant, Chief Accountant PWD on a motor cycle ran into a car & was killed. His body was unrecognisable & lay in the mortuary for 4 hours unidentified. Rain holding off.