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Name: ELLIOT-MURRAY-KYNYNMOUND, John Augustus Gilbert (Lieut.)
Nee: grandson of 3rd Earl of Minto
Birth Date: 26.1.1881 Gibraltar
Death Date: 3.6.1938 Boughaugh, Hawick, Roxburghshire
First Date: 1909
Profession: Appointed to the Provincial Administration Service EAP, he served as Assistant DC and subsequently as DC in many of the provinces
Area: Ngong, 1925 Rumuruti
Married: 5 Jan 1921 Ann Barbara Berkley-Matthews b. 1895 Lumley, Durham, d. 16 Jan 1970 Roxburghshire
Children: John Martin (16 June 1922 Ngong-6 Apr 1945 killed in action, Netherlands)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, Burke, Dominion, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Gazette, Red 19
War Service: Lt. Royal Scots Fusiliers. Boer War with CIV and Royal Scots Fus. (severely wounded, medal and 5 clasps)
General Information:
Red 22 - DC, Ngong
Burke - DO Kenya Colony and EA Protectorate 1909-1929
HBEA 1912 ADC.
KAD 1922 - District and Resident Commissioner and Resident Magistrate, Ngong
Native name 'N'yes'
Dominion - District Officer - 1930
Leader14 - J.A.G. Elliot - Asst. DC - Kericho
Red Book 1912 - J.A.G. Elliot - Machakos - Ukamba Province - Asst. DC at Machakos
EAS 14 June 1938 He was a member of the Edinburgh contingent of the City Imperial Volunteers who sailed for active service in South Africa in January 1900 and was given a commission into the second battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. While serving with them he was severely wounded at the Battle of Frederichstadt. Subsequently he did valuable topographical work for the War Office in South Africa, including the mapping of the battlefields. From 1909 to 1929 he was a DC in various parts of the East Africa Protectorate and Kenya Colony. He was awarded the South African War Medal with four clasps and also the Freedom of the City of London.
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