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Name: CAINK, F. H.

Birth Date: 1864

First Date: c. 1910

Profession: Engineer, ivory poacher

Area: Lado Enclave

Book Reference: North

General Information:

Uganda Journal - Vol 24, p. 217 - Ivory Poaching in the Lado Enclave by R.O. Collins - ……Through the efforts of the Intelligence Department of the Sudan Government the more flagrant poachers were well known to the Sudan authorities. ……… Glencross and Caink were two of the most notorious poachers. In 1911 they hunted throughout the southern Enclave where, after various misdeeds, they cut the telegraph line and burned the store of an Indian trader at Koba. They were arrested by Bimbashi (Captain) C.H. Stigand of the Sudan Government Service, tried, fined, and deported.
North - F.H. Caink arr Nairobi 1908, District Engineer, PWD

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