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Name: WILLOUGHBY, Godfrey Pountney OBE
Birth Date: 4 Sep 1888 Birmingham
Death Date: 13 June 1973 Durban
First Date: 1926
Profession: Engineer in Chief, Posts & Telegraphs Dept., in 1939, appointed 1926. Originally Chief Telegraph Engineer 1926
Area: Nairobi, 1930 Box 5811, Nairobi
Married: In S. Africa 1914 Medora Woods b. 13.9.1888
Book Reference: Staff 39, Red 31, Colonial, Who's Who 63, Dominion
School: Eltham Coll., Taunton Sch. and Victoria University, Manchester (Schuster Res. School); MSCTech (Vict), MSC (Cape) MIEE
General Information:
Who's Who 63 - SA Posts & Telegraphs 1913-19 and 1920-25; Lecturer Durban Technical College 1914-20; Chief Telegraph Engineer Kenya & Uganda; Engineer in Chief Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika 1933-52; Deputy Postmaster General 1948-52; Chairman and Managing Director Nyanza Salt Mines (T) Ltd 1957-63; Past President EAAE 1945 and 1946; President Civ. Laws Assoc. 1940-44; first Chairman Governing Council Royal Technical College of EA 1951-58; Chairman Automatic Telephone & Electric Co. (EA) Ltd. 1952-63.
Dominion - Public Works Department - Posts and Telegraphs Dept. - Chief Telegraph Engineer - 1930
Gazette, 6 Dec 1938 Nbi Voters List