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Name: WALSH, John George
Birth Date: 1888 ?21 June 1887 Stockwell, London
Death Date: 6 Apr 1938 Nairobi, self-inflicted gunshot wound
First Date: 1915
Last Date: 1938
Profession: Manager for Paulings in construction of Kilindini wharf; African Mercantile Co.; ex-Officer KAR; garage owner; manager of Nairobi coffee Exchange at time of death
Area: Box 300, Mombasa
Married: Doreen d. 4 Aug 1930 Mombasa, in childbirth
Children: dau (4 Aug 1930 Mombasa); son
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Barnes, Mills
War Service: Rhodesian Native Regt.
General Information:
EAS 8 Apr 1938 Was found dead seated in a car in the grounds of the residential hotel where he was staying. Was in S. African Police before going to EA. Came to EA 1915 as a sergeant with Rhodesian Native Regt. Keen sportsman, great raconteur. For a while managed coffee estates at Moshi.
Red 22 - Pauling & Co., Mombasa
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - John G. Walsh, British, age 50, died 6/4/38
Mills - Photo of an aeroplane, "Miss Propaganda" being fuelled for Maia Carberry at a Garage named 'J.G. Walsh & Co. Ltd' - Shell, Vauxhall, Hupmobile, Repairs, Tyres etc. - 1928
Red 25 - African Mercantile Co., Mombasa
Gazette 24 May 1938 probate
Kenya Observer 4 June 16 June 1923 He was the ref of rugby matches Mombasa vs HMS Colombo 31 May 1923 and Mombasa vs HMS Cairo 15 June 1823.