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Name: COLE-CURRIE, William

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Nee: son of Henry Frederick Currie

Birth Date: 27 May 1861 Grahamstown, S. Africa

Death Date: 25 July 1915 Nairobi, malaria

Last Date: 1915

Profession: Corporal 5054, East African Vet Corps , farmer

Area: East Leigh, Nairobi

Married: In Grahamstown 1887 Charlotte Mary Cloete b. 4 Feb 1866 Grahamstown, d. 15 Jan 1944 Nairobi (dau of John Evelyn Gordon Cloete)

Children: Evelyn Henry (6 July 1888 Middleton, S. Africa-1 Apr 1936 Nairobi); Frederick Graham (13 May 1890 Middleton); Nelly (26 June 1892 Middleton); Dorothy (22 Jan 1894-5 Apr 1956 Nairobi) (Ulyate); Malcolm Gordon (1904 Middleton-31 Dec 1910); Noel William (13 Aug 1900)

Book Reference: CWGC, Gazette, Bur, Web, Bowkers, www.1820settlers.com

School: St Andrew's College, Grahamstown

General Information:

Nairobi City Park Burial Register - Charlotte Mary Cole Currie, age 77, died 15/1/44
Nairobi South cemetery - war grave, died 25 July 1915 of malaria, aged 54 . Inscription: 5054 Corporal / William Cole Currie / East African Vet Corps / 25th July 1915 age 54 in loving memory. Husband of C M Currie, of East Leigh, Nairobi
CWGC Son of Henry Frederick Currie and Nellie Johanna Bowker

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