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Name: GOWANS, William Harvey (Dr.)

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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

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