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Name: OFFICER, Peter Royle
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1860 Karachi
First Date: 1898
Profession: Carriage foreman
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. Rose Katherine b. 1863, d. 7 Mar 1885 Lahore, India 2. Edith Isabel
Children: Rose Katherine (7 Mar 1885 Lahore); Harold (20 Apr 1890 Karachi); Beryl (14.9.1898); Doris; Rupert
Book Reference: Harmony, Gazette, North
General Information:
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 1/5/05, Contractor
Gazette - 17/12/1902 - Plague compensation after bubonic plague in March 1902 - P.R. Officer - Rs 65
North - Railway appt. 8/6/1898; Annie Kiefer, his mother was with him when she died aged 63 at Kilindini 5/3/1901; Carriage Foreman, Loco Dept 30/6/1901; given 3 months' notice 12/6/1902; based at Nairobi as independent contractor for Railway and piano tuner 9/2/1904; listed as parent or guardian of 4 children enrolled at Uganda Railway School, Nairobi, Harold (1899), Beryl (1898), Doris & Rupert 7/3/1904; Beryl, Doris & Rupert re-enrolled at school 1/11/1905;
Medals - East Africa Veterinary Corps - Rupert H.R. Officer, No. 3159, Pioneer