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Name: HENDERSON, James Porteous

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Birth Date: 26 Sep 1915 Port Talbot

Death Date: 31 July 1992 Isle of Man

First Date: 1928

Profession: Meteorologist in EA Meteorological Service in 1939, appointed 1938. On probation in 1939

Area: Dar es Salaam

Married: In Nairobi 7 June 1941 Gertrude Maureen Sarginson b. 3 Oct 1922 (dau. of Fred Sarginson)

Children: Margaret Anne Maureen (1942 Nairobi-1977); Susan Wendy (1944 Kampala) (Gibson); Carolyn Elizabeth (1948 Kampala) (Purdy)

Book Reference: Staff 39, Colonial

War Service: Military service RAF 1943-46; Flight-Lieut.

School: Port Talbot Secondary School and University College Swansea; BSc. Hons. (Wales)

General Information:

Colonial - Asst. Dir. EA Met. Dept. 1952; Dir. 1959
Blue Book 1946 appt 14.2.1938

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