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Name: PRESTON, Wheeler Bate (Capt.)

Birth Date: 22 Jan 1885 Portsmouth

Death Date: 1953 Huntington, New York, USA

First Date: 1919

Profession: Farmer

Area: 'Whitefield', Londiani

Married: Dorothy Hartley b. 19.2.1893 Ladybrand, Free State, S. Africa, d. 1977 New York

Children: John (27 May 1922 Eldoret); Sylvia Noel (25 Dec 1924 London)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, SS, Gazette

War Service: Nigerian Regt.

School: Brasenose Coll. Oxford

General Information:

Red 22 - Justice of the Peace - Londiani
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Capt. W.B. Preston, Whitefield, Abingdon, Berks - Farm 469
Gazette - 20/7/1921 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Wheeler Bate Preston - Farmer, Whitefield - Londiani and Mrs Dorothy Preston - Married woman, Whitefield - Londiani
Red 25 - JP, Londiani
Became naturalised US citizen 10 Feb 1941 with wife. In 1940 US Census.
Had been DC in North Borneo

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