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Name: HODDINOTT, Benjamin Ralph

Nee: elder brother of Richard Wreford Hoddinott, son of Ralph Hoddinott

Birth Date: 28 Feb 1896 Crowhurst

Death Date: 27 Nov 1973 Timaru, New Zealand

First Date: 1907

Profession: Farmer, sawmiller at Turi, Elburgon and Njoro. Also Transport Driver (ox wagon) 1919 - about 1924. Marishona Saw Mills

Area: Kiambu, Turi, Elburgon, 1925 Molo, Njoro, Nairobi, Nakuru

Married: In Molo 1931 Mabel Laura, also called Anne, Portlock b. 1906 Putney, d. 19 Feb 1971 Waikato, New Zealand

Children: Gillian (Lopes) (1933-1996); Robin (1935); Martin (1941); Helen (1945)

Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Legion, Red 22, Nicholls, Red Book 1912, Gazette

War Service: WW1 with KAR & EAMR - A Sqdn. 7/8/14, Corporal EAMR, 1914-19

School: England to 1906 then coached by his father

General Information:

Mrs Hoddinnot went to Kenya as Nanny to the children of Mr & Mrs Tyler. Source: Mrs G. Lopes
Nicholls - Rift Valley Academy - Young Hermann Klaprott went there in 1910 as a boarder and with him were the Hoddinotts (children of Kiambu farmers) …..
Red Book 1912 - B.R. Hoddinott - Kyambu
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Annie Hoddinott, Kiambu
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Benjamin Ralph Hoddinott, Farmer, Kiambu
Gazette 6 Dec 1938, Rift Valley Voters List

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