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Name: DUDER, Alexander Hyde 'Alec'
Photo Source: Michael Duder
Nee: son of Alexander Francis Duder
Birth Date: 28 July 1917 Molo River, near Nakuru
Death Date: 18 Jan 1972 Nairobi
First Date: 1917
Profession: Tea planter
Area: Kampi ya Moto, Nairobi, Tanganyika
Married: 1. In Kensington 5 May 1944 Ruth Mary Mosedale b. 1923 Elham, Kent; 2. In Nairobi 20 Dec 1952 Jean Violet Barrington-Kennett b. 23 Mar 1920 Brentford, d. 2008 Nairobi (prev. m. to Alan Peter Gainsford and later to Myles Larcombe Hudspeth)
Children: Michael (9 Aug 1955 Nairobi); Nicholas (8 Feb 1960 Nairobi)
Book Reference: EAWL, Who's Who 63
War Service: Regular Army 1935-37, Army Service 1939-45, RASC
School: Bromsgrove School
General Information:
Who's Who in EA 63 - Tea Planter, Tanganyika 1937-39; in Motor Trade since 1946, Company Director Marshalls (EA) Ltd
Gazette 18 Feb 1972 probate says he d. Nairobi
He was in the Tank Corps in North Africa under Field-Marshal Montgomery in 1943. After his parents sold the farm in Kampi ya Moto he moved to Nairobi and became an engineer with the British Overseas Trading Company and remained in the motor trade until his death in 1971.