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Name: NORBURN, George Bertram Edward
Birth Date: 3 July 1895 Valletta, Malta
Death Date: 20 Jan 1980 Nairobi
First Date: 1926
Profession: Architect
Married: 1. In Marylebone 1924 Anne Halkett b. 2 Dec 1891 Hound, Hampshire, d. 8 Feb 1948 Durban (div.); 2. Charlotte d. 27 Mar 1965 Nairobi
Children: Jean Margaret (Burt) (21 Mar 1925 Hampstead, London-12 Dec 1999 Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand)
Book Reference: Aero, Who's Who 63, Dominion
War Service: Army and RFC 1914-19
School: Portsmouth Grammar School; RMC Sandhurst; University College London; ARIBA 1921; FRIBA 1937
General Information:
Aero - Committee Member, Aero Club of East Africa in 1927 - G.B.E. Norburn, Member of Finance Sub-Committee and Convenor of Entertainments Sub-Committee
Aero - Letter as only surviving member of original committee
Who's Who 63 - PWD Kenya 1926-32; Supervising Architect to PWD Palestine 1940-45 being consulted on reparation of the Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem; Member of Nairobi City Council 1953-63 serving as chairman of various committees; President of EA Institute of Architects on 3 occasions
Dominion - Public Works Department - Loan Staff - Assistant Architect - 1930
Gazette - 27/10/1926 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Architect - G.B.E. Norbourn
Gazette 7 Sep 1965 wife's probate
Gazette 27 Mar 1981 probate
Death cert. of 1st wife says she died from multiple injuries sustained when she fell down some steps while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.