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Name: DUIRS, Norman William
Nee: son of Alexander Brown Duirs
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1909 'Juja Farm', Ukamba
Death Date: 30 Jul 1955 Mombasa
First Date: 1930
Last Date: 1955
Profession: Farmer, Hoey's Bridge
Area: Eldoret, 1937 Springfields Kitale
Married: 1. In Kenya 1939 Francoise Jacobus Van Deventer b. 1916 Kenya, d. 16 Aug 1946 Eldoret (dau. of Jacobus Van Deventer); 2. 1949 Marjorie Weir Aggett Roberts b. 30 Apr 1923 Rumuruti, d. 14 Jan 1993 Pretoria (dau of Alick Oswald Roberts)
Children: 1. David; Ronnie; Graham 2. Marjory May (12 Apr 1949 Eldoret-1949)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Red 31, RS, Hut, Barnes, Stud, Rugby, Barnes, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Barnes - Eldoret Rugby Club in 1930s - N. Duirs
EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Guernseys - N.W. Duirs, Hoeys Bridge
Rugby - Played for Kenya against Stellenbosch University January-February 1935 - N. Duirs
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Norman William Duirs, died 30 Jul 1955 age 46, European Hospital, Myelomatosis, Flown to Eldoret
Red Book 1912 - N.W. Duirs - Nairobi
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Eldoret cemetery - Marjory May Duirs infant daughter of Norman & Marjory d. 12 Apr 1949 and Norman William Duirs / beloved husband of Marjorie / father of David, Ronnie / Graham and to Timothy / died 30th July 1955
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 350),