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Name: AUBURN, George J.
Birth Date: 1851 Hackney, London
Nationality: British
First Date: 1888
Profession: IBEA Co. General Africa Staff - appointed 1st September 1888.
Area: Busoga
Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, IBEA, EAHB 1906, UJ, EAHB 1904
General Information:
North - former British Army cavalry soldier. Company appt. 1-9-1888; dep. Mombasa with caravan for Baringo 18-10-1888; in charge of caravan to Kibwezi with stores for the Capt. F. Lugard expedition to Uganda July 1890; Departed for Uganda with Capt. W.H. Williams 7-10-1890; returned to coast from Busoga, arr. Mombasa April 1891.
IBEA Co. - Nominal List of British Born Subjects resident in IBEA Territories outside the Sultans Domain, 30 April 1891 - G.G. Auburn, England, Asst. IBEA service.
EAHB 1906 - Appointed 1-9-1881
Uganda Journal - Vol 23, p.173 - George Wilson and Dagoretti Fort by H.B. Thomas - Auburn travelling to Uganda with Capt W.H. Williams in 1891. Detached to travel with Ernest Gedge who was very ill to the Coast from Kyagwe. G.J. Auburn was an ex-cavalry soldier. He joined the IBEA Company in 1888 and was in charge of the Company's plantations. In July 1890 he led an advance caravan to Kibwezi with stores for Lugard's Uganda expedition.