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Name: DAWSON-CURREY, Ralph George

Nee: bro of Horace Currey Dawson, Cargey Currey Dawson-Currey and Mainwaring Currey Dawson

Birth Date: 17 May 1885 Liverpool ?1886

Death Date: 27 Oct 1935 Sotik

First Date: 1926

Profession: Mechanical engineer, entered into partnership with his brother Horace Dawson and Richard Gethin in 1926, at Kisii in the transport business

Area: Kisii, 'Soymet' Sotik

Book Reference: Gethin, Hut

General Information:

Gethin - after Richard Gethin bought out the two Dawson brothers in 1925 Ralph went to the UK for some months ... 'later returning to Sotik, where he died suddenly in his sleep one night. Ralph was a very nice fellow, but his downfall was Gin. He had been in the PWD in India and on the death of a rich uncle he and his brothers came in for quite a lot of money, most of which was invested in LM&S Railway stock, which stood at approximately £110 when the uncle died. A few years later the same shares were worth only £15.
Hut has Ralph George Dawson, b. 1936, partner Cargie DC, partner Horace & Gethin

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