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Name: McGREGOR, Cecil John
Nee: son of John and Maria Charlotte McGregor of S. Africa
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1898 Cape Town S. Africa
Death Date: 2 Sep 1962 Pietermaritzburg, S. Africa, buried 4 Sep.
First Date: 1930
Profession: Agricultural Officer
Area: Eldoret, Tanganyika
Married: In Sea Point, Cape Town 16 Aug 1930 Iris Millicent Climpson b. 1903 S. Africa
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut
War Service: KAR
General Information:
Lindsay Frederick Braun: Cecil John McGregor was appointed as an Agricultural Officer in the Tanganyika Territory effective 26 June 1928, which appears to have been his initial post (Tanganyika Territory Blue Book for the year ended 31st Dec 1937, section 12, page 102), 690 pounds p/a and free quarters. He’s still there in 1948, the year of the last TT Blue Book (sec 12, p121), as a Senior Agricultural Officer (promoted 1 May 1939, 1320 p/a less 10% if in govt housing).
Gazette 24 Mar 1959 Was in Kenya by 1959, retiring from the Mombasa Local Manpower Committee