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Name: SULLIVAN, Michael Desmond Douglas (Commander)
Nee: brother of Norah Creina Agnes, wife of Robert McClelland
Birth Date: 5 Aug 1893 Ealing
Death Date: 14 Oct 1975 Farnham
First Date: 1922
Profession: Left the Navy to run a sawmill at Nyeri. Farmed for years at Rongai and Njoro.Tinga-Tinga Sawmills
Area: Nyeri, Njoro, Rongai
Married: Maude Naylor née Oakes b. 7 May 1886
Children: Patricia Winsome Herbert (26 Sep 1923 Tumu Tumu); David Douglas Hooper (10 Apr 1926 Nakuru-9 July 2015 London)
Book Reference: EAWL, Golf, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Njoro, Hut, Red 22
War Service: Royal Navy
General Information:
Source: Mrs M.S. McLoughlin
Njoro - Captain's Prize 1934 - M.D. Sullivan
Red 25 - M.D.D. Sullivan, Tinga Tinga Saw Mills, Nyeri,
Red 31 has M.M.W. Sullivan, The Slip, Rongai, Hut the same
Gazette - 4/5/1921 - Presentation of Honours by Governor - Sergt. M. Sullivan - DCM and Order of St Stanisclaus - is this a different person?
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Michael Desmond Douglas Sullivan, Manager Tinga Tinga Saw Mills, PO Nyeri
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List - farmer, Njoro
Well known golfer at Njoro in 30's.
Gazette 5 Aug 1977 probate
Masters and Mates Certificate Liverpool 6 July 1912
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in Battle, as RNR retired