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Name: DEEGAN, Joseph William CMG, CVO, KPM, CPM
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1899 Dublin
Death Date: 14 Apr 1992 Lewes
First Date: 1922
Profession: Commissioner of Police, Uganda
Area: 1928 Tanganyika; Uganda
Married: 1922 Elinor Elsie Goodson b. 1907
Children: Sheelagh Mary (1929); Anne (1941); Patrick (1942)
Book Reference: Who's Who, Colonial, Masonic
War Service: Mil. service in Army 1919-25
School: St. Paul's and St. Gabriel's Dublin
General Information:
Masonic - Past Grand Standard Bearer 1956
Masonic - District Senior Grand Warden - 1954-55
Colonial - Asst. Inspr. Police Tanganyika 1925; Asst. Supt. 1935; Uganda 1938; Supt. 1940; Asst. Comsnr. 1946; Dep. Comsnr 1947; Comsnr. 1950; ret. , re-app. Dep. I.-G., Col. Police C.O. 1956-61