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Name: SMITH, Kenneth Archibald
Birth Date: 1922 Edinburgh
Death Date: 14 Mar 2001 Mombasa
Nationality: Scottish
First Date: 1947
Profession: Game ranger
Area: Garissa, Lamu
Book Reference: Bwana, Sundown, Rundgren, Elephant People, Cass, Telegraph Obit.
School: Royal High School, Heriot Watt University
General Information:
Cass - a sturdy reliable Scot who joined the game department in 1956 played a major part in the Adamson's life. He gained valuable experience in lion-hunting with George, which he needed for his post in Garissa, an area plagued with man-eaters that had to be shot. ...... He and George shot a female lion in milk and Joy looked after the litter including Elsa.
Bwana - 10 or 12 years younger than George Adamson, came to Kenya after WW2 and joined the Game Dept. - Took over the Garissa district from George Adamson in 1961.
Sundown - 1955 - Game Warden at Kilifi. Tough, thick-set Scot.
Gazette 6 July 2001 probate