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Name: KERR, Walter Basten 'Billie' (Major)
Birth Date: 14 Apr 1885 Kensington
Death Date: 30 Aug 1963 Nairobi
First Date: 1911
Profession: Established a wine merchant's business. Retired 1960
Area: Nairobi, HBEA 1912 - Tinanga, Kiambu, 1925 Kikuyu, 1930 Box 550, Nairobi, 1914 Kampala
Married: 1. In London 1913 Gladys Sylvie Asparato b. 1882 Seville, Cairns, Australia (prev. m. to Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither 1878-1950, div. 1912); 2. In Mombasa 17 Oct 1926 Hilda Masters b. 9.10.1887 Bhagalpore, Bengal, d. 12 Dec 1972 Minehead, nurse
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, O&C, Gazette, Harmony, Leader14
War Service: E. Af. Supply Corps
School: Pembroke College Oxford 1905-07
General Information:
Langata cemetery, Nairobi - in loving / memory of / Walter B Kerr / "Billie" / died 30-8-1965 / aged 78
Gazette 25 Feb 1964 - probate
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Dagoretti - W.B. Kerr
Gazette - 26/8/1914 - Appt. - W.B. Kerr, Volunteer Forces, East Africa Regiment, to be Lieutenant, to date August 10th 1914
Gazette - 23/9/1914 - Appt. - Lieutenant W.B. Kerr resigns his Commission, to date August 28th 1914
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - East Africa Supply Corps - To be Lieutenant - W.B. Kerr, late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - Permitted to resign his appointment - EASC - Lieutenant W.B. Kerr to date 8th November 1914
Member of Lodge Harmony - Initiated 5/7/37, age 30, Director, Nairobi
Gazette 24/1/1917 - High Court case - Walter Baston Kerr v Sylvie Gladys Kerr, 2 Bertram G. Abrams
Gazette 12/11/1919 - Application for Wine Merchant's and Grocer's Liquor Licence - Kikuyu Township
Nairobi Club - President 1958
Nairobi Club - Honorary Life Member
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Walter Basten Kerr, Settler, Kikuyu
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Walter Basten Kerr, MD, Motor Tours, Box 550, Nbi. And Mrs H. Kerr, Avenue Hotel, Nbi
Gazette 25 Feb 1964 probate
Gladys Sylvie was the adopted dau of P.J. Doyle, of Cairns