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Name: MUNRO, John Strachan
Birth Date: 20 May 1889 Ladysmith, Natal, S. Africa
First Date: 1919
Profession: Loco superintendent; lecturer in Durban 1941; adviser S. African Chamber of Mines in 1959
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In Pretoria 20 Nov 1911 Lilias Lavinia Poole b. 1885, d. 24 June 1976 Port Shepstone, S. Africa (div.); 2. In Durban 1 July 1941 Dorothy Thelma Cliff b. 1901 Auckland, New Zealand, d. 27 Nov 1958 Johannesburg, nurse; 3. In Johannesburg 18 Nov 1959 Valentine Florence McGibbon née Thrott b. 14 Feb 1899 Brooklyn, New York, d. 22 Mar 1975 Johannesburg
Children: Lorna Mary (11 Oct 1914 Pretoria)
Book Reference: Gazette, Red 19
General Information:
Gazette 13/2/1918 - Appointed as Assistant Locomotive Superintendent, Uganda Railway
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - John Strachan Munro - Assistant Loco Superintendent, Uganda Railway - Lower Hill Road and Mrs Lehas [sic] Lavinia Munro - Upper Hill Road
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - Asst. Loco Superintendent