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Name: COOK, John Cossington
Birth Date: 22 Oct 1927 Penge
Death Date: 29 Jan 2015 Queensland, Australia
First Date: 1930
Profession: see below
Area: Box 2, Gilgil
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, mini-Sitrep XXII
School: Prince of Wales School 1940-45
General Information:
John Cossington - Kenya Regiment 2085
Old Cambrian Society website Nickname:"Mpishi"House:Hawke/NicholsonYears:1941 - mid 1945
Impressions: Great School. Wonderful years at Naivasha and Kabete.
Done since: Army (National Service) Kenya Regiment and EAA Surveying and mining in Tanganyika. Film industry MGM in East Africa. Joined international (British) company in South Africa. Subsequently worked in South Africa, Australia, UK and around the world.
Retired 1986, settled in Queensland, Australia.
(Unfortunately, photos and memorabilia all lost when my flat in Nairobi was robbed during Emergency, 1953).
(Registered - 15th January 2004)
Impressions: Great School. Wonderful years at Naivasha and Kabete.
Done since: Army (National Service) Kenya Regiment and EAA Surveying and mining in Tanganyika. Film industry MGM in East Africa. Joined international (British) company in South Africa. Subsequently worked in South Africa, Australia, UK and around the world.
Retired 1986, settled in Queensland, Australia.
(Unfortunately, photos and memorabilia all lost when my flat in Nairobi was robbed during Emergency, 1953).
(Registered - 15th January 2004)