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Name: HAMMOND, Amy Dorothy, Mrs
Birth Date: 1883
Death Date: 7 June 1939 London
First Date: 1919
Profession: School matron
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: KAD, Dominion, Breckenridge, Childhood, Gazette
General Information:
Dominion - Education Department - Assistant Matron - 1930
Breckenridge - Government School, Nairobi - " … we reported to the Matron, a Mrs Hammond, who showed us to our dormitory and helped us to unpack. " ……… " Mrs Hammond was really very kind, though she could be tough with some of the unruly boys when necessary."
Childhood - Les Hunter - Nairobi School 1926 - Mrs Hammond the Sick Bay Matron
Gazette 24/12/1919 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Telephonist - 8/12/1919
KAD 1922 - Female Postal Clerk and Telegraphist
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 Nairobi South - Amy Dorothy Hammond, Assistant Matron, Government School
[she seems to have been a widow, friend of the Pailthorpes - Wilfred Pailthorpe had probate (Nat Probate Calendar)