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Name: BATES, Sydney James
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1905 Muswell Hill, London
Death Date: 5 Dec 1958 Mombasa
Nationality: British
First Date: 1934
Last Date: 1958
Profession: Probation officer
Married: 1. In Mombasa 9 June 1935 Rose Alice Rapley b. 12 Aug 1906 Kentish Town, London; 2. Molly Edna Charlotte 'Kay' Kraft d. 17 Jan 2017 Victoria, Seychelles (prev. m. to Clarence Van Rossi)
Children: 1. Ann C. (1937); Michael (1943) 2. a son
Book Reference: EA & Rhodesia, Barnes
General Information:
EA & Rhodesia - 15/1/59 - Mr S.J. Bates, widely known as "Batesy", who has died in Mombasa, was for many years probation officer in that town, to which he first went some 25 years ago [1934]. During the last war he served in the Royal Air Force. He had helped many Europeans, Africans, and Asians when they were in trouble, and associated himself with many cultural and sporting organizations.
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Sydney James Bates, buried 5 Dec 1958age 53, European Hospital, Cerebral Thrombosis
Gazette 27 Jan 1959 probate
1939 England and Wales Register living in Enfield as 'storeman REAF'.