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Name: VAN DER MERWE, Ockert Tobias
Birth Date: ?22 Jan 1890
Death Date: ?5 Nov 1965 S. Africa
First Date: 1911
Profession: Worked as butcher with the Smithfield Butchery until WW1. Later managed Dandora Estate for Paul Rainey for several years before starting a wagon transport service from Thika to Londiani
Area: Dandora, Kitale, Eldoret, 1930 Thika
Married: Hester Sofia Joubert who had arrived with her parents and 3 brothers in 1906
Children: Christoffel Stefan Petrus (killed in action 8.1.1917 Tanganyika); Marthinus Johannes
Book Reference: Gillett, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Medals
War Service: EAMR has O.T. Van De Merwe - F Sqdn. 13/8/14 - 19/10/14 - To EATC
General Information:
In the 30s he farmed at Dandora and subsequently at Kitale and Eldoret.
Ockert Tobias - Kenya Regiment 3737
EAMR has Ockert J. Van Der Merwe, Acting Corporal, No. 442
Medals - Belfield's Scouts - Ockert J. Van Der Merwe, EAMR, No. 442, Acting Corporal