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Name: JOHNSTON, Allan
Birth Date: 20 July 1900 Aberdeen
Death Date: 12 Nov 1974 Newport, Sydney, Australia
First Date: 1926
Last Date: 1969
Profession: Civil engineer with KUR&H and EAR&H, Resident Engineer Embakasi Airport. Runway Consultant with PWD
Area: Eldoret, Mombasa, Nakuru & Nairobi
Married: In Nairobi 20 June 1929 Sylvia Hudson b. 5 Aug 1903 Calcutta, India, d. 26 Aug 1977 Newport, NSW. She was the dau of Ann Louise Hudson
Children: Jennifer (Johnson) (9 Apr 1932 Nairobi-5 Feb 2019 Sydney); Christine (Hart) (1938)
Book Reference: EAWL, Golf, Staff 39, Red 31, Colonial, Dominion
War Service: RAF 1918-19
School: Cent. High School Aberdeen and Robert Gordon's Tech. Coll. Aberdeen; A.M.INST.C.E.
General Information:
Wedding Notice - The departure of the Mombasa train from Nairobi on Thursday was marked by a series of explosions. This was in honour of Mr & Mrs Allan Johnston who earlier in the day had been the central figures in a wedding solemnised at the Cathedral of the Highlands. The bride was Miss Sylvia Hudson, daughter of Mrs Hudson (Madame Hudson) and the late Mr J. Hudson. The late Mr Hudson was one of the Railway pioneers of EA, having first been employed in 1897, whilst the bride herself was born in Nairobi. Mr Allan Johnston, the bridegroom, is an assistant engineer on the Railway. He is the son of Mr & Mrs J.J. Johnston of Aberdeen. The interest taken in yesterdays event was evidenced by the large number of Railway representatives present including the Acting General Manager, General Rhodes. The Bishop of Mombasa performed the ceremony in a Church adorned with lilies, roses and gypsophila. Mr Tom Dando was at the organ. ...... (more)
Captain of the Railway and Harbour Golf Club, Kilindini in 1938.
Source : Mrs Christine Hart (daughter)
Staff 39 - Senior Asst. Engineer, Engineering Dept., Railways & Harbours Dept., in 1939, appointed 1937. Originally Asst. Engineer 1926
Colonial - District Engineer 1944; Senior 1946
Dominion - Public Works Department - Railways - Engineering - Assistant Engineer - 1930
Red 31 has A. Johnston, Box 79, Nairobi
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Allan Johnston, Asst. Engineer, KUR&H, Box 377, Nbi