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Name: DESTRO, Reginald Hugh
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1918 Nairobi
Death Date: 25 Nov 1984 Nairobi
Nationality: British
First Date: 1918
Profession: Professional hunter. Employed on filming of 'Born Free'. Schoolfriend of Bill Woodley and lived on the Athi Plains near the Woodleys. Sold their milk in Nairobi
Area: Athi, Machakos
Married: Cecilie Elvena Green b. Nairobi 10 Oct 1929, d. 27 July 2015 Karen (dau of Cecil John Green)
Children: Malcolm (m. Meriel McLean); Petrina (Price)
Book Reference: EAWL, Jay, Elephant People, Morkel, Hut, Stud, John Grainger, Staff 39
War Service: WW2 Army
School: Prince of Wales School
General Information:
Source: Mrs Marie Henderson
Morkel - his particular, slow, dry-humoured, precise way of speaking.
EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Ayrshires - R. Destro, Nairobi Technical Learner, Posts & Telegraphs Dept., in 1939, appointed 1936.