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Name: MURRAY, George Lindsay

Birth Date: 9 Aug 1896 Newtownards, Ireland

Death Date: 14 Nov 1961 Nairobi

First Date: 1927

Last Date: 1961

Profession: Stock Inspector (latterly called Stock Instructor) Vet. Dept. Transferred to Labour Dept. as Labour Officer about 1947/48. Started Sangalo Vet Farm near Bungoma. Stock Inspector, Veterinary Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1935. Orig. Temp Stock Insp. 1928

Area: Machakos, Solai, Eldama Ravine, Kapsabet, Baringo 1939, Thika 1953

Married: Agnes 'Nessa' b. 1897, d. 18 May 1949 Nairobi

Children: Barbara Dalzell (Watson-Jones) (4 Dec 1923 Holywood, Co. Down)

Book Reference: EAWL, Barnes, Staff 39, Staff 53, Red 31, Dominion

War Service: Army Officer

School: Royal Academical Institution, Belfast

General Information:

During WW1 worked in charge Italian POWs during part of the war to clear the bush of tsetse. Was responsible for persuading the Kamasa to cull their cattle for meat during the war. They had previously refused & he nearly got killed by them before he talked them into the cull.Source: Mrs Barbara Watson-Jones

Staff 53 - Labour Officer, Labour Dept. In 1953

Dominion - Agricultural Department - Veterinary - Stock Inspector - 1930 - G.L. Murray

Nairobi Forest Road cemetery George L. Murray d.14 Nov 1961 AND Agnes 'Nessa' Murray 1897-18 May 1949

Gazette 6 Feb 1962 probate

Blue Book 1926 1st appt. 12.7.1928

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