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Name: DUNBAR, Robert Murray OBE, MC (Major)
Birth Date: 1878 Johnstone, Renfrewshire
Death Date: 15.5.1935 Nairobi
First Date: 1913
Last Date: 1935
Profession: Farmed flax and coffee in Sotik at Craigmore Estate, was a public figure in the area for many years
Area: Nairobi, 1930 Sotik, 1913 Craigmore Estate Flax Coffee Dunedin
Married: Sarah Graham Dunbar b. 1874, d. 21 Aug 1955 Sotik
Children: Norva (married Peter Chapman-Purchase)
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, Barnes, Gillett, KAD, Hut, EA & Rhodesia
General Information:
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Robert Murray, British, age 57, died 15/5/35. Major R M Dunbar / O.B.E. M.C. / beloved husband / of Sarah G Dunbar / died 15th May 1935 / aged 57 / erected by a few friends
East Africa & Rhodesia - 1/9/55 - Mrs Dunbar, whose death in Sotik is reported, had been settled in that district of Kenya for some 30 years.
Gazette 27 Dec 1955 probate for Sarah Graham Dunbar of Sotik who d. Sotik 21 Aug 1955