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Name: WALKER, William Roddis
Birth Date: 1862 Wolverhampton
Death Date: 29.12.1912 Nairobi, opium poisoning
First Date: 1898
Profession: Civil Service clerk, Uganda Protectorate, July 10th 1899.
Area: Uganda, Bukedi
Married: In Mahe, Seychelles 22.5.1890 Lucie Mathurine Sarrah Baillon b. 1 June 1864 Silhouette Island, Seychelles
Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, North, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Gazette
General Information:
North - Smith Mackenzie & Co. - Clerk; in charge of carts on the Uganda Road for Smith, Mackenzie & Co. c. 1898; Appt. Temp. Asst. Transport Officer for Uganda Mil. during Sudanese mutiny 29/1/1898; transporting loads on Uganda Road Feb 1899; working for UP from 1899; based at Jinja for UP 1901; arr. Bukedi to be European in charge 13/11/1901; recommended for next 3rd Asst. vacancy Dec 1901; Appt. Collector UP 1/4/1902; dep. Bukedi on leave to Europe Dec 1903; Asst. Collector Entebbe Oct 1904; to be Asst. Collector, Kampala 13/11/1904; Appt. Acting Collector Nimule 8/11/1905
Red Book 1912 - W.R. Walker - Mombasa
Gazette 15/2/1913 - Probate and Administration in respect of W.R. Walker who died at Nairobi on 29/12/1912
EAHB 1905 - Asst. Collector, Uganda, April 1st 1902
Barnes - Nairobi South Cemetery - R.W. Walker, died 29 Dec 1912, buried 1 Jan 1913