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Name: STRAWBRIDGE, Frederick
Birth Date: 2 Sep 1886 Hunslet, Yorks.
Death Date: 29 Nov 1925 Nairobi
First Date: 1914
Last Date: 1925
Profession: Sanitary Inspector
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 22, Gazette, Barnes, Medals
General Information:
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Mombasa - Health Office
Gazette - 26/8/1914 - Appt. - To be a Sanitary Inspector, Mombasa, F. Strawbridge, to date May 20th 1914
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - F. Strawbridge, British, age 39, died 29/11/25 b.2 Sep 1886
Medals - Mombasa Defence Force - No. 9314, Private
KAD 1922 - Sanitary Inspector, 1st Grade, Sanitation Division, Nairobi
Gazette - 2/12/1925 - Obituary - His Excellency the Governor regrets to announce the death at Nairobi of Mr Frederick Strawbridge, Chief Sanitary Inspector, in the Medical Department on 29 November 1925.
Mr Strawbridge entered the service of the Colony on 20 May 1914. He was appointed on first arrival to the Health Office at Mombasa and after the outbreak of the War rendered valuable service as Officer in Charge of a large carrier collecting camp in South Kavirondo. Mr Strawbridge was promoted Senior Sanitary Inspector in January 1922 and Chief Sanitary Inspector in January 1924. His work was always of the highest order and the services which he rendered as Secretary to the Central Board of Health were specially noteworthy.