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Name: WEBB, Richard Hadfield
Nee: bro of William John Webb
Birth Date: 5 Feb 1882 Marlborough, New Zealand
Death Date: 16 June 1930 Nairobi, cerebral malaria
First Date: 1930
Last Date: 1930
Profession: Planter
Area: Nairobi, 1930 Kia Ora, Ruiru
Book Reference: Red 31, Ruiru, Barnes, web
War Service: NZ Expeditionary Force
General Information:
Intended address on military discharge was "Kia Ora, Ruiru, via Nairobi, British East Africa"
Web His brother was a planter at the address and it seems he was joining his brother, also as a planter. Family lore has it that he married in Nairobi, but that has not been proven. His address and occupation are confirmed in the Kenya Gazette, in published electoral rolls dated:
7 June 1922, 17 June 1925, 29 December 1927, 15 March 1930 AWMM
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Richard Hadfield Webb, British, age 48, died 16/6/30. Inscription: in / loving memory / Richard Hadfield Webb / born New Zealand / 5th Feb 1882