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Name: TYSON, Denis Charles
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1916 Islington, London
Death Date: 25 July 2005 Port Elizabeth
First Date: 1937
Profession: Asst branch manager, shipping
Married: In South Africa 14 Dec 1946 Mildred Patricia Ilsley b. 6.9.1912 S. Africa, d. 26 Apr 2002 Port Elizabeth
Children: Suzanne B. (16.6.1949); Felicity A. (22.5.1953)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, mini-Sitrep XXI, mini-Sitrep XXVII
General Information:
mini-Sitrep XXI - Pat saw service during WW2 with the WTS, was sent to Dar-es-Salaam at the outbreak, subsequently returned to Nairobi and later posted to Abyssinia. Was private secretary to General Platt for a time. On her return to Nairobi she was appointed adjutant of the Unit with the rank of Ensign.
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 117). No birthdate in KR records