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Name: FAWCUS, John Harold
Nee: son of David Derwent James Fawcus
Birth Date: 11 June 1915 Njoro, Kenya
Death Date: 29 Aug 1997 Salisbury, Wilts.
First Date: 1915
Last Date: 1987
Profession: Farmer, assistant, manager, tenant
Area: Naro Moru, Njoro, Molo, Nanyuki, Solai, Mweiga, Rumuruti, Mau Narok, Machakos, Thika, Kiambu, Ruiru
Married: In Kenya 1939 Eileen Brady Casling Doig b. 9 Jan 1912 Jhansi, India, d. 1997 Salisbury, Wilts.
Children: Richard Kenneth (1942); Linnet Eileen (1943, killed in a car accident 1964)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, EAWL, Hut, Legion, mini-SITREP XII, Baptism, Wed, Drumkey
War Service: Kenya Regt., 2/6th Bn. KAR
School: St. Peter's Court, Broadstairs; Radley College
General Information:
Source - Mrs Lois Ashwanden
Drumkey 1909 Directory of Residents - J. Fawcus, Mombasa ?
Hut - Mgr. Pell-Smith
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List - farmer, Naro Moru
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 394).
Karundas Estate, Nyeri Station