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Name: McCALMAN, David Hedley MC
Photo Source: Tom Lawrence
Nee: son of Alexander McCalman of Solai
Birth Date: 20 Feb 1916
Death Date: 19 Apr 2011 Springvale, Greater Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
First Date: 1935
Profession: Junior Laboratory Asst., Veterinary Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally Lab Student 1935
Area: Kabete, Solai, Nakuru
Married: In Umgungundnlovu, Natal 21 Sep 1946 Verity Ruth Duncan b. 13.1.1919
Children: Iain Duncan (6 Nov 1947 Pietermaritzburg); Gäel Helen (8 Mar 1949 Pietermaritzburg)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Nondies, Staff 39, Colonial, mini-SITREP XIV, Rugby, Iain McCalman, Kenton
War Service: Military service 1939-46 (desps)
School: Kenton Hall, Kenya and Wrekin Coll.
General Information:
Colonial - Admin. Officer Nyasaland 1946; Labour Officer 1953; Senior Labour Officer 1960; Senr. Asst. Sec. 1963-65
mini-SITREP XIV - letter from Ray Nightingale .......... As you say the Ethiopian Irregulars did a fine job under their British Officers. Alastair McCalman [KR174] wrote an admirable article about their operations for our archives. He was with them from early in the campaign until the Gold Coast battle at Uadara, north of Neghelli, in which he was awarded an immediate MC. The Irregulars were used to search out the Italian flanks and push in outposts. Alastair was then transferred to other operations. David McCalman was with the same unit for a while until he was transferred.
Rugby - Nondescripts RFC - Honours Cap - 1939 - D.H. McCalman
Iain McCalman - Young David McCalman carved and fitted ivory stocks to his Colt .22 Police Positive revolver, and, as a vet assistant at Kabete, had to lasso cattle from his Harley Davidson and to ride headlong across the veldt shooting at marauding hyenas.
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 81). Member of Nondescripts RFC XV in 1937.