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Name: DAWSON, John Alexander 'Jock'
Nee: son of James Francis Dawson, great nephew of Trader Dick
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1919 Griseling House, Kelso, Scotland
Death Date: 31 May 2004 Nanyuki
First Date: 1922
Last Date: 2004
Profession: June 1936 worked in Kenya Co-operative Creameries in Nakuru
Area: Kenton Estates, Hut - 1937 KCC Nanyuki Cheesemaker, Rumuruti
Married: 1. In Nairobi 6 Apr 1945 Winifred May Atkinson b. 6 June 1919 London, d. 24 May 1995 Nairobi; 2. Enid Phillips
Children: Alister P.; three other sons; one dau.
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Kenton, Hut, EA & Rhodesia, Tom Lawrence, Swara
School: Kenton College - left 1934
General Information:
Address 1984 - Elsamere, Naivasha
East Africa & Rhodesia - 3/4/1952 - The largest cock trout known to have been landed in Kenya was a rainbow of 11lb 14oz caught by Mr J.A. Dawson in the Melawa river. It is listed as the second largest trout caught in the Colony.
Tom Lawrence - Full Member of the East African Professional Hunters Association
Swara Vol 27:3 July - Sept 2004 - Jock's great uncle was 'Trader Dick' who came to Kenya in 1888. Jock came to Kenya in 1922 at age 2. His mother Dora came to join her husband who was farming on the Kinangop. James Dawson was a fine cattleman but a hard father - sent Jock out aged 8 with a rifle and a single bullet to bag the weekly meat ration.
Hut has J.A. 'Jock' Dawson 1936 Drinmore Estates, cheese Maker, married 1. May Atkinson d. 1995 2. Enid Phillips 1982 Teacher Limuru Girls School, son A.P. 'Alister'
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 512).