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Name: CORYNDON, John Roger (Capt.)
Nee: son of Robert Thorne Coryndon KCMG
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1910 Mbabane, Swaziland [Ancestry Family Tree has Union, Eastern Cape Colony, S. Africa]
Death Date: 13 May 1942 Mufulira Military Hospital, Zambia, on active service
Last Date: 1942
Area: Molo
Married: In Nanyuki 29 Oct 1934 Nancy Aileen Gascoigne b. 27 Oct 1912 India, d. 1998 (of Nanyuki (dau. of Major Lionel Gascoigne)
Children: Patricia Aileen (Minns) (1 June 1930-2016 Grantham); Daphne Dawn (3 Feb 1939-2001 UK)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Golf, CWGC, Wed, KR
War Service: transferred to EAFG 1939, KAR
General Information:
CWGC - Captain 236689, KAR General List, who died on Wednesday, 13th May 1942. Ndola (Kansenshi) Cemetery, Zambia, Grave Ref: Plot 1, Row A, Grave 5
Golf - Helped with the Highlands Hotel Golf course in the early 30's
KR records Imperial War Museum One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 384).