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Name: TURNER, Harry Waldemar (Capt.)

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Birth Date: 26 Dec 1874 Bristol

Death Date: 28 Dec 1938 Devizes

First Date: 1915

Profession: Port Captain, Port and Marine Dept.

Area: Mombasa

Married: In Bristol 5 July 1899 Anne Clark b. 1874 Bishopston, Glos.

Children: Victor Clark (6 Feb 1900 Bristol-5 Nov 1945 Mombasa); Harry George William (8 June 1918 Mombasa-1984 UK)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 22, Gazette, Red 19

School: Clifton and White's Naval School

General Information:

Red 22 - Vice-Commodore, Mombasa Yacht Club
Gazette - 8/9/15 - H.W. Turner, appt. Port Officer - arr. Mombasa 29/8/15
KAD 1922 - Vice-Commodore, Mombasa Yacht Club.
Red 25 - Appointed Officer in charge of Port & Marine Dept. May 1915
Gazette - 6/2/1924 - Voters Register - Mombasa - Harry Waldeman Turner, Port Captain, Mombasa and Anne Turner, Married woman, Mombasa
Left Port Captain post 24/5/1925 on leave and post filled by Captain Raymond Sargeant 9/9/1925 according to Kenya Gazette (issue 27/10/26).  Returned to visit Kenya after this but not to work.
Appointed a Wakf Commissioner wef 29th March 1919 to 1st October 1925.  (Kenya Gazette 18 Nov 1925, Govt Notice No. 469).

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