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Name: GOSDEN, Frederick Joseph
Birth Date: 4 July 1886 Steyning
Death Date: 17 June 1964 Reading
First Date: 1912
Profession: Surveyor in the Lands & Survey Dept. In 1930 he succeeded J.V. Williams as Chief Computer and, on retirement in 1933 followed him to Caversham, Berks.
Area: Nairobi
Married: At All Saints' Cath. Nairobi by Canon Burns 29 June 1926 Lucy Caroline Millburn b. 3.3.1894 Chipping Sodbury, d. 2,3,1982 Reading
Children: Joyce Mary (1927); John F. (1933 Brighton-2014)
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Gazette, Dominion, Medals, Red Book 1912, Red 19
War Service: Served in GEA in WW1 as Lieut. in the Pioneers
General Information:
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - F.J. Gosden, Survey Office
Dominion - Public Works Department - Survey & Registration Dept. - District Surveyor - 1930
Medals - EA Pioneer Company, No. 3169, Pioneer
Red Book 1912 - Survey Dept. - Drawing Office - Draughtsman
Gazette 15/2/1912 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Draughtsman Survey Dept. - 26/1/1912
Red Book 1919 - Survey Dept. - Computing Office - Computer
KAD 1922 - Computer, Computing Office, Survey Dept.
Gazette - 13/10/1926 - Dissolution of Partnership between John Woods of Eldoret, William Woods, John Forbes Walker and Frederick Joseph Gosden farming under the style or firm of 'Sorora Hill Estate'
Gazette - 6/6/1933 - Departed on leave pending retirement - F.J. Gosden