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Name: CAIRNS, Thomas Allan 'Tommy'
Photo Source: Phil Toye
Birth Date: 8 July 1898 Lancaster
Death Date: 4 Jan 1965 Kisumu
First Date: 1927
Last Date: 1965
Profession: Labour Officer in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally Police Constable in 1927. Eldoret in 1939
Area: Eldoret, Kisumu
Married: Josephine Kathleen Dowdall b. 10 Jan 1896 Mullingar, Ireland, d. 26 June 1984 Perth, W. Australia
Children: Allan Gordon Joseph Hepburn (18 Sep 1934 Kisumu-13 June 2004 Harare)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Hut, Barnes, Rugby, Habari 16
General Information:
Barnes - Early player for Kenya Police Rugby Club - 1930s
Barnes - Early player for Nondies Rugby Club - 1930s
Kisumu cemetery - in ever loving memory of Thomas Allan Cairns "Tommy" died 4th January 1965
Rugby - Played for Kenya against Combined South African Universities December 1929-30
Habari 16 - Risking life and limb down the old Nandi Escarpment I called in at the Police Station once when T.A. 'Tommy' Cairns was in charge. Cairns was a famous cricketer in his day.
Gazette - 13/4/1927 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Police Constable - T.A. Cairns
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - T. A. Cairns, Police, Hospital Road, Nbi
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Ukamba Voters List expunged
Gazette 23 Mar 1965 probate
Was in the Police in 1930