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Name: BRUMAGE, Douglas Oliver

Nee: eldest son of William Brumage

Birth Date: 8 Sep 1889 Basutoland

Death Date: June 1958 Mombasa whilst revisiting colony

First Date: 1907

Last Date: 1955

Profession: Joined Land Office about 1911. After WW1 he joined the Kenya Administration and served in several stations as DC and Magistrate. Retired in 1955. Originally a farmer. OBE (Civil). Appointed a DC in 1919. DC Machakos in 1939

Area: Mrefu Estate, Ruiru, Machakos, Fort Hall, 1922 Eldoret, 1930 Sotik, 1922 Kisumu, 1914 Ndarugu

Married: In Bloemfontein 17 Mar 1916 Elizabeth Helen 'Nellie' Ridgway b. Wepener, Free State, S. Africa 14 Oct 1889, d. 1981 Cape Town

Children: William John (11 Dec 1916 Nairobi-2007); Molly Patricia (22 Aug 1921 Eldoret-2016); Raymond Douglas (2 Apr 1924 Kiambu-2001)

Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, Police, Staff 39, KGC, Mrs Mary Hoey, Tignor, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Colonial, Drumkey, Red 22, EA & Rhodesia, Dominion, Leader14, Barnes, Red Book 1912, Gazette, Red 19

War Service: WW1 Trooper with EAMR 1914/16; B Sqdn. 8/8/14 - 17/11/14 and with EA Pioneer Corps in WW2 (Major)

School: Bishop's School, SA. Capetown University

General Information:

Source: W.J. Brumage

Police - DC at Kericho in 1934. Joint Chairman of Kericho Golf Club in 1934

Mary Hoey says - Mollie had a sad life. She married a pilot in the S. African Air Force who was killed in action while she was living at Naivasha expecting their baby. After the war she went to live with his parents in SA and later married again and I believe had a son. Her daughter of the first marriage was killed in a car crash several years ago.

Tignor - DC at Fort Hall in 1936-37

KAD 1922 - Administration Cadet

Drumkey 1909 - Land Dept. - Despatch Clerk

EA & Rhodesia - 14/8/58 - Mr Douglas Brumage, who joined the Colonial Service in Kenya in 1907, has died while revisiting the Colony. He served in the East African Mounted Rifles in the 1914-18 war.

Dominion - District Officer - 1930

Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - D.O. Brumage, buried 17 Jun 1958 age 66, Manor Hotel, Heart Failure

Red Book 1912 - D. Brumage - Nairobi

Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - Douglas Oliver Brumage - Civil Servant, Machakos

Red Book 1919 - D. Brummage - Settler - Chania Bridge

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