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Name: POLHILL, Theodore Robert

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Nee: bro. of Stanley Frederick Philip Polhill

Birth Date: 25 Oct 1900 Shanghai, China

Death Date: 13 Sep 1969 Knysna, Cape Province

First Date: 1930

Profession: Farmer

Area: 1930 Ngombe Ltd., Naivasha

Married: In Nakuru 3 Sep 1930 Dorothy Sarah Wiltshire b. 5 Mar 1898 Christian Malford, Wilts.

Children: Robert Twistleton (14 Apr 1932-28.3.1998 Australia); Dawn Linnell (Humphrey) (15 July 1935 Nairobi-1999); Sallie Fiennes (Peace) (1 Mar 1938)

Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Red 31, Hut, Burke

War Service: served in WW2 as Capt. with KAR in Somaliland and Abyssinia

General Information:

Hut has R.T. 'Bob' Polhill 1958 S. Kinangop married to Catherine, Grenville College [his nephew]
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List farmer, Howbury, Kinangop
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 198). Birthdate 24 Oct 1902 is from KR records, but 1901 Census says he was 5 months old, which would indicate 1900, and family gravestone in Renhold, Bedford says 25 Oct 1900

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