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Name: BURRY, Richard Hersee Pullen
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1905 Sompting, Steyning
Death Date: 25 Mar 1962 Durban, suicide
First Date: 1942
Profession: Sisal farmer, civil servant
Married: In Tendring 5 Jan 1930 Frances Rosina Jessica Dove b. 2 July 1905 Great Yarmouth, d. Nov 1986 Sunbury on Thames, Surrey (div. 1957); 2. Barbara Grace Lidwell b. 5 May 1909 Edmonton, d. 30 June 1998 Somerset West, S. Africa (div.) (prev. m. and div. John R. Wadman)
Children: Ann Frances (1935 Clacton-1935); John Richard (1938 S. Africa-2010); Sally Diana (11 July 1942 Nairobi-2018)
Book Reference: Last Chance
General Information:
Last Chance - (1948) - Sisal Farmer who stocked the Thika river with seven-inch rainbow trout that he caught himself in the Ndarugu River. Honorary Fish Warden
S. Africa Death cert says death due to barbiturate poisoning, suicide. He was then a caravan rank operator, retired company director