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Name: GOWANS, William Harvey (Dr.)
Nee: bro of Stanley Bate, Charles Harvey King and James Dakers Gowans
Birth Date: 27 July 1883 Broughty Ferry, Scotland
Death Date: Oct 1940 Kitale
First Date: 1919
Last Date: 1940
Profession: Medical doctor. After WW1 lived at the Pioneer Hotel and practised in Eldoret
Area: Eldoret, P.O. Kitale
Married: No
Book Reference: Eldoret, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, SS, Barnes
General Information:
Eldoret - he was called out at all times, night and day, for maternity cases all over the district and travelled by hired car or ox wagon according to the weather, and very seldom got paid. He was really first class. His sister, Dorothy, married Wreford Smith. He was one of the first to brave the sun as he wore no helmet or spine pad.
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Medical Class - Capt. W.H. Gowans, Spring Lodge, Broughty Ferry, Scotland - Farm 198
Kitale cemetery - William Harvey Gowans - born 1883, died 1940
Red 31 has Dr. H. Gowans, Kiminini,
Hut has Dr Harvey Gowans 1922 Kiminini