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Name: CORMACK, Robert Pairman (Dr.) (Brigadier)

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Birth Date: 27 Jan 1891 Lockerbie, Dumfries

Death Date: 27 Feb 1954 Nairobi, buried in Lockerbie

First Date: 1928

Last Date: 1954

Profession: Senior Medical Officer, Medical Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1935. Originally Senior Bacteriologist 1928. Transferred from Uganda.

Area: Kisumu, 1930 Box 141, Nairobi

Married: In Edinburgh 6 Oct 1915 Agnes May Fleming b. 1894 Edinburgh, d. 1982

Children: Marjorie Jean (1920 Morningside-1922); Jean Fleming (1924 Dryfesdale-1931); Florence Jean (1928 Edinburgh-1943); Robert John (1932 Edinburgh-24 June 2010 Edinburgh)

Book Reference: Staff 39, Red 31, EA & Rhodesia, Bur, Dominion, Rugby, mini-SITREP XXXIII

School: MB, CHB (Edin), DPH (Camb) DTM&H (Eng)

General Information:

East Africa & Rhodesia - 15/4/54 - Brigadier Robert Pairman Cormack, OBE, for many years a medical officer in Kenya, who was ADMS in East Africa Command during the last war has died in Nairobi.
Drew - served in EA Campaign in WW1 and WW2. Specialist in Pathology
Nairobi City Park Burial Records - Robert Pairman Cormack, age 63, died 27/2/54
Dominion - Medical Department - Senior Bacteriologist - 1930
Rugby - Rugby Football Union of Kenya - President 1935
Rugby - Rugby Football Union of Kenya - Hon. Secretary  1928-30
Rugby - Nondescripts RFC - President - 1932 and 1934
mini-SITREP XXXIII - Legion of Frontiersmen - 1940 - B Squadron - Medical Officer

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