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Name: CRUICKSHANK, David James Williamson
Nee: son of Alexander Cruickshank
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1907 Aberdeen
Death Date: 21 Nov 1941 Libya, North Africa, shot down in RAF
First Date: 1930
Profession: Rosterman's gold mine, Kakamega; Nairobi Town Council
Area: Nakuru
Married: Kathleen Ena Fallows b. 11 Mar 1913 Stoke on Trent, d. 25 Feb 1945 Nairobi (div. 1935 and later m. Johannes Van Dijk) (dau of John Edward Fallows)
Children: Anthony John Michael (1931); another son (1932-1932)
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut
War Service: RAF
General Information:
Tony Cruickshank: My father, David Cruickshank, worked for a time in Rostermans Gold Mine in Kakamega and then for Nairobi Town Council. I was born in the UK in October 1931 and we returned to Nairobi permanently in February 1932. My mother was then Kathleen Ena Cruickshank. My mother and father were divorced in 1935 and later my mother married Johannes (John) van Dijk who worked for Twentsche Overseas Trading Co. At the outbreak of war my father joined the RAF and on 21st November 1941 his aircraft was shot down and all on board killed whilst undertaking a secret mission over Libya, attempting to disrupt enemy tank radio communications.
My mother Kathleen Ena Fallows, joined Motormart and Exchange.