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Name: PLATT, Thomas Walter Comyn, Sir
Birth Date: 1869 Portsea, Hampshire
Death Date: 18 Mar 1961 Marylebone, London
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Profession: Appt. 3rd Asst. Uganda Transport 21/6/1898 to take up post at first vacancy; arr. Mombasa from London 1/9/1898; Mumia's on way to Kampala Oct. 1898; arr. Kampala 2/11/1898
Area: Kampala
Married: In London 22 May 1917 Henrietta Julia Degacher 'Etta' b. 1878 Brecon, d. 12 Nov 1932 London (prev. m. William Edward Graham Niven 1878-1915 Gallipoli)
Children: no chn; step daus.Margaret Joyce Niven and Grizel Rosemary Graham Niven; stepsons James David Graham Niven, the actor David Niven, and Henry Degacher Niven
Book Reference: North
General Information:
North - at Ravine june 1899; dep. Ravine for coast 20/7/1899; Claimed to have served as unpaid secretary to the UP Commissioner for a year & to have qualified for the Uganda Mutiny Medal, claim rejected, April 1901
His wife was the actor David Niven's mother