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Name: WEAVER, Alfred Wallace 'Bill'
Birth Date: 20 Oct 1906 Johannesburg
Death Date: 28 Mar 1994 Durban, S.Africa
First Date: 1929
Last Date: 1959
Profession: Sub-Engineer/Inspector, Posts & Telegraphs Dept., in 1939, appointed 1929. Originally Telegraph Inspector, 1929.
Area: 1959 Kabete
Married: In Kampala 23 July 1932 Bertha Ida Machtilda Geleijns b. 8 Dec 1908 Amsterdam, d. 2 Nov 2001 Durban
Children: Leonard John CBE (10 June 1936 Johannesburg-24 June 2006 Leatherhead); Richard Wallace (13 Apr 1940 Johannesburg-13 Mar 2013 Durban); Mary
Book Reference: Staff 39, OSPN, Hut, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia
School: Jeppe High School, Johannesburg
General Information:
OSPN - EA Posts and Telecommunications Administration 1929-59. He served in Uganda, Tanganyika and Kenya and played cricket for the Uganda Kobs, Tanganyika Twigas and Kenya Kongonis.
EA & Rhodesia - 19/2/59 - Mr Albert Wallace ("Bill") Weaver, Deputy Regional Director (Engineering) in Kenya for the East African Posts & Telecommunications Administration until his recent retirement, had served in East Africa for 29 years. At one time he was Deputy Regional Director in Tanganyika. He played cricket for the Uganda Kobs, The tanganyika Twigas, and the Kenya Kongonis.
Colonial - Asst. Engnr. 1945; Exec. Engnr. 1952; Dep. Regl. Dir. 1952-60
Gazette - 6/8/1929 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Telegraph Inspector - A.W. Weaver