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Name: LAZARUS, Kenneth Henry MBE
Birth Date: 26 May 1914 Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Profession: Surveyor
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Melbourne, Australia 11 July 1945 Joan Marshall b. 17 May 1917 West Devonport, Tasmania, d. 1990s Nerja, Malaga, Spain
Children: Ian Lawrence (7 Oct 1946 Nairobi-7 Oct 1946 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2
War Service: E. African Engineers
General Information:
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 682)
30 December 1942, Mentioned in Despatches (Middle East); 13 January 1944, Mentioned in Despatches (Middle East); 22 April 1945, Mentioned in Despatches
Supplement to the London Gazette, 21 June 1945; British Army Officers, 1939-1945 Awarded MBE (Adriatic). Major (temp.) Kenneth Henry Lazarus, East African Engineers. Presented by Gov. Gen. of Australia at Parliament House, Brisbane 15 June 1949.
Gazette 23 July 1946 I formally renounced the surname of Lazarus and have assumed the surname of Lawrence as aforesaid for all purposes, and I hereby authorize all persons to designate and address me by such assumed surname of Lawrence only.
By 1954 was living in Australia