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Name: MILNE, Arthur Dawson CMG (Dr.)
Nee: son of Very Rev Andrew Jamieson Milne
Birth Date: 1867 Kingston, Jamaica
Death Date: 12 Feb 1932 Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Profession: Initially a M.O., Uganda transferred to EAP service Principal M.O. 13 years.
Area: Uganda, Nairobi - retired to England 1921
Married: In London 1913 Alison Katherine Campbell Balfour b. 1891 Kew, d. 3 Sep 1955 Thorpe le Stoken, Essex (cousin of Lady Eleanor Cole)
Children: Evelyn Elizabeth Balfour (13 Feb 1914 Nairobi) (Gibb); Catriona (9 Sep 1916 Nairobi-1991 Tunbridge Wells)
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Cuckoo, Ainsworth, Kill, Markham, Cranworth, Roosevelt, Debrett, EAHB 1905, Red 25, North, Playne, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Racing, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Foster, Beck, Red Book 1912, Red 19
War Service: WW1 with EA Medical Service - mentioned in despatches
School: Gymnasium Aberdeen; Aberdeen University, MB, CM (Aberdeen)
General Information:
SE - Dr. A.D. Milne - July 1907
Ainsworth - 1908 June to August assisted Ainsworth on the Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of the Tanaland Province.
Kill - One dark night in the middle of 1909, the popular principal Medical Officer Dr. A.D. Milne, cycled right into a black-maned lion on Railway Hill. It was a toss up as to which was the more surprised by the unexpected collision! The front wheel of "Daddy" Milne's bicycle was badly buckled.
Markham - Daughter Elizabeth was bridesmaid to Beryl Clutterbuck when she married Jock Purves in 1919.
Cranworth - "Father" Milne was, I have no hesitation in saying, the most beloved man in the Protectorate. I wonder how many meals we partook of with him and his equally delightful wife in a bungalow which I never remember save as crammed to capacity with exuberant settlers, headed by Berkeley Cole and Tich Miles, who looked on it as their town house.
Roosevelt - Dr. Milne, the head of the Govt. Medical Dept. nearly ran into a lion on his bicycle.
Debrett - was Lieut.-Col. E. Africa Med. Ser.; sometime Principal Med. Officer, Kenya Colony
EAHB 1905 - Medical Officer, Uganda Protectorate, Jan 5th 1898; Senior Medical Officer 1900; Asst. Principal Medical Officer April 1st 1903.
Red 25 - Principal Medical Officer, EA Protectorate 1909-21
Playne - The Principal Medical Officer of the EAP is a Jamaican by birth. He was born at Kingston in 1867, and educated at the Gymnasium, Aberdeen. He reached EA on February 28, 1898, as Medical Officer, Uganda Protectorate. In 1904 he became Deputy Principal Medical Officer, EA and Uganda Protectorate, and was appointed Principal on Feb. 23rd of this year (1909). He has the Uganda Mutiny medal (Queen's), 1897-8, and the East African General Service medal, Nandi, 1900.
Drumkey 1909 - Medical Dept. - Deputy Principal Medical Officer
Drumkey 1909 - Committee Member, The Caledonian Society of BEA
Gazette - 23/9/1914 - Appt. - Director of Medical Services - Dr. A.D. Milne, PMO, BEA, to date September 3rd 1914 Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - East Africa medical Services - To be Lieutenant Colonel A.D. Milne, Director of Medical Services
Racing - Owner of 'Pinto' - Winner of the Kenya Steeplechase Cup in 1912
North - Appt. Medical Officer UP 5-1-1898; MO at Fort Berkeley, Unyoro Sept 1898; Travelling down river Nile with Lieut M.F. Gage & troops from Congo Free State 9-9-1899 - 16-1-1900; to be removed from post as Senior Medical Officer Nile District for leaving post without permission & revert to being MO at Fort Berkeley Oct 1899; with 3rd Nandi punitive expedition July-Oct 1900; Acting Senior MO UP at Entebbe May 1901; transferred from Entebbe to Nimule May 1902; Asst. PMO EA Medical Services resident at Hoima Dec 1903; died 12-2-1932, aged 65 {which makes 1867 the more probable date of birth}
Red Book 1912 - A.D. Milne - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Medical Dept - Principal Medical Officer - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Registered Medical Practitioner
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Arthur Dawson Milne - Principal Medical Officer, EAP - Anderson Road
Red Book 1919 - Medical Officer, EA Protectorate 1918 - PMO Nairobi
Gazette - 2/3/1921 - Retirement - Arthur Dawson Milne CMG, MB, CM (Aberd) Principal Medical Officer retired on 6th February 1921
HBEA 1912 - Principal Medical Officer.
Cuckoo - 1904 Deputy Principal Medical Officer
Gazette - 4/7/1917 - Birthday Honours - CMG - Lt.-Col. A.D. Milne MB, EA Medical Service
Career: Junior House Surg., Rotherham Hospital (1893); House Surg., Sheffield Children’s Hospital (1894); Uganda Mutiny, East and Central Africa, (1897-98); MO Uganda (1898-00); African General Service (Nandi) (1900); SMO Uganda (1900-04); DPMO Uganda and Kenya (1904-09); PMO Kenya (1909—21); retired Colonial Service (1921); retired Shropshire
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