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Name: McDONALD, John CBE, DFC

Birth Date: 30 July 1894 Bristol

Death Date: 1962 Gloucester

First Date: 1927

Profession: Government mycologist - worked on the breeding of rust resistant wheats

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Bristol 1920 Anna Lilian Millar b. 7 Jan 1894 Portglenone, Antrim, N. Ireland, d. 1971 Swindon

Children: Brian (1922); another

Book Reference: KFA, KAD, Red 25, Colonial, Debrett, Red 22, Dominion

War Service: Military service 1914-19, Capt. and 1941-43, Major

School: Merchant Venturers School and Bristol University

General Information:

Debrett - was Mycologist, and Senior Plant Pathologist, Kenya 1920-37, and Director of Agriculture, Cyprus 1937-49; European War 1914-18 with Gloucester Regt., and RFC, and as Capt. RAF (DFC); Major Cyprus Vol. Force 1940-43
Debrett 1954 has Nairobi Address ie returned to Kenya from Cyprus Merchant Venturers Sch. Bristol and Univ. of Bristol Military service 1914-19, Capt. and 1941-43, Major
Dominion - Agricultural Department - Scott Agricultural Laboratory - Mycologist - 1930
KAD 1922 - Mycologist, Div. of Botany, Agricultural Dept.
Colonial - Asst. Mycologist 1920; Mycologist 1921; Senr. Plant Pathologist 1930; Dir. Agric. Cyprus 1937
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - John McDonald, Civil Servant, Gymkhana Rd, Box 338, Nbi
 

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