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Name: KILLINGBECK, John James

Birth Date: 4 Feb 1877 Kidderminster

Death Date: 29 Sep 1952 Bournemouth

First Date: 1909

Profession: Asst Postmaster General 1912

Area: Mombasa and then Nairobi, 1922 Entebbe

Married: In Southampton 1918 Dora Kathleen Morgan b. 22 Dec 1893 Bournemouth, d. 17 Dec 1970 Bournemouth

Children: Joyce Kenya (19 Dec 1920 Kenya-4 Sep 1994 Bournemouth); ?George

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KAD, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Leader14, Colonial, Red Book 1912, Gazette, Red 19

War Service: KAR

General Information:

East Africa & Rhodesia - 13/11/52 - Mr J.J. Killingbeck, who became Assistant Postmaster-General in Kenya in 1910, after having served in the Posts and Telegraph Departments of Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia, and retired in 1928, has died in Bournemouth. He is survived by Mrs Killingbeck and a grown-up daughter.
Red 22 - J.J. Killingbeck
Colonial 1912 - Asst. Postmaster-General
Red Book 1912 - J. Killingbeck - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Post Office - Asst. Postmaster General
Gazette 15/3/1910 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Postmaster General - 26/2/1910
Red Book 1919 - Post Office & Telegraph Dept. - Asst. Postmaster-General
HBEA 1912 - J.J. Killingbeck - Asst. Postmaster-General.
KAD 1922 - Asst. Postmaster-General, Entebbe
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in Bournemouth, retired

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