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Name: HARRIES, Oswald Cadwallader
Nee: 4th son of Allen Charles Harries
Birth Date: 12 Jan 1888 Hlotse Heights, Basutoland
Death Date: 2 May 1958 Songhor
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1956
Profession: Coffee planter
Area: Muhoroni, 'Kamarero' Songhor, 1922 Koru, Kottnalel Estate Songhor
Married: In Blackburn 7 June 1923 Alice Lewis Kay b. 5 Aug 1894 Darwen, Lancs., d. 9 Nov 1965 Amersham (arrived EA 1923)
Children: Jean Olive Georgette (Espie) (25.3.1925 Kenya-12 June 2006 New Zealand); Alison Cecelia (Brown) (1927 Kenya-2013 Kettering, Northants.) Both educated at St. Andrews Turi and Kenya High School
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Legion, Harries, Drumkey, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Bobs Harries, SKP, Leader14, Foster, Red Book 1912, Red 19, Barnes
War Service: WW! with EAMR - E Sqdn. 8/8/14 - 18/1/15 - Cpl. 10/8/14; Sergt. 26/9/14
General Information:
Hut - shot lion Songhor 1948
SE - O.C. Harries - April 1909
Drumkey 1909 - Clerk, Land Office, Nairobi - Oswald C. Harris ?
EA & Rhodesia - 26/6/58 - Mr O.C. Harries, who has died in Kenya, had farmed in the Songhor district since shortly before the 1914-18 war, in which he served with the East African Mounted Rifles. He had been chairman of the Songhor Farmers' Association, a warden of St. Andrew's Church, president of the local club, and a member of the district council.
Bobs Harries - My sister Ina, my brother Oswald and I arrived with my mother from South Africa in July 1904
North - Appt. Clerk Land Office 1-5-1905; resigned 1-10-1905
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived 1904 - Ruiru
Red Book 1912 - O. Harries - Kyambu
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Oswald Cadwallader Harries - Farmer - Songhor
Red Book 1919 - Nyanza Farmers' and Planters' Association, Songhor - Committee - O.C. Harries, Songhor
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery in remembrance of / Clifford Louis Reeves Harries / born 22-6-1879 - died 23-3-1941 / and / Oswald Cadwallader Harries / born 12 Jan 1888 - died 2-5-1958
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