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Name: MAYERS, Russell John Eric 'Rusty'
Nee: son of Eric George Mayers
Birth Date: 23.7.1921 Kenya
Death Date: 1995 Worthing
Profession: Farmer
Area: Ruiru
Married: In Kenya 1951 Sally Elizabeth (div. 1959)
Children: Eric Charles Russell (bapt. 2 Oct 1953 Ruiru); Lynette Fides (14 Oct 1959 Kenya-1 Aug 1982 Kenya); another
Book Reference: Pembroke, Bap
School: Pembroke House & Cheltenham
General Information:
Pembroke - A businessman, Rusty is best remembered as an outstanding all-round sportsman, excelling in tennis but very competent at squash, hockey, cricket, golf and snooker. He wrote - "…. My family came from Australia in 1919 and started sugar at Miwani near Kisumu, among the first sugar to be grown extensively in Kenya. …. (more)."
Pembroke No. 22, 1928, Songhor
Terence Gavaghan, Of Lions and Dungbeetles, 1999 He had been Civil Affairs officer at El Carré in British administered Somalia when I was DC Mandera. He and Erica were in retail trade, hotels, tennis and athletics.