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Name: HODGSON, John Ernest
Birth Date: 20.2.1889
Death Date: ?1939 S. Africa
First Date: 1912 - rubber planter in S. America & W. Africa
Profession: Manager Kibwezi Rubber Lands, rubber planter and hydraulic mining engineer
Area: Kibwezi
Book Reference: Gillett, Hut, Gazette, SS, Leader14
General Information:
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - East Africa Supply Corps - To be Lieutenant - J.E. Hodgson
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Major J.E. Hodgson, The Avenue, Camberley, Surrey - Farm 746 - Representative, A. Macrae Esq., Nairobi
Leader14 - Mr J.E. Hodgson, who at present controls that company's [Kibwezi Rubber Lands] affairs, is both a scientist and a much-travelled man. He has been closely identified with planting progress in South America, West Africa, and this country, and his experience as a hydraulic mining engineer is bound to be useful in a country where irrigation bids fair to play so important a part. ……..
One John Ernest Hodgson d. in Wynberg, SA 7 Jan 1939