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Name: BOIS, John 'Jack' DSO, MC (Capt.)
Birth Date: 24.10.1881 Shanghai, China
Death Date: 26.12.1941 Lancaster
First Date: 1912
Profession: Military: King's African Rifles
Area: Gobwen, Kisii
Married: In Englefield Green 18 July 1912 Edith Norah Beardsley b. 9 May 1885 Ulverscoft, Virginia Water, Surrey, , d. 12 Feb 1977 Bexhill on Sea
Book Reference: HBEA, Cuckoo, Police, Moyse, Drumkey, Leader14, Red Book 1912
War Service: Royal Lanc. Regt.
General Information:
Cuckoo - 1908 - sent with a company of 3 KAR, then stationed at Lumbwa, to quell the rebellious Kisii.
Drumkey 1909 - 3rd KAR, Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Capt. J. Bois - Northern Frontier
HBEA 1912 - Coy. Commander 3/KAR, Gobwen.
Moyse - 1907/8 - led a punitive patrol against the Kitosh and Kabaras with Lt. R.C. Dobbs
1939 England and Wales Register (living with wife in South Westmorland) says DOB was 24 Oct 1880, However marriage Certificate says 30 at date of marriage which means he was born in 1881. Belief is that 1881 is the correct year. 1901 census taken on 31 Mar 1901, says 19 yrs old.