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Name: CONDON, John William 'Jack' OBE
Nee: son of Michael and bro of Leo Charles Edgar and Michael Samuel Condon
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1881 Poona
Death Date: 14 Feb 1937 at sea, Indian Ocean
First Date: 1908
Last Date: 1937
Profession: Uganda Railway
Area: Kilindini, 1930 Nairobi
Married: In Portsmouth 15 July 1907 Rosetta Emily Allen b. 8 July 1880 Barnwood, Glos., d. 1942 Nairobi
Children: Hubert John (6 June 1908 Portsmouth-1990 Auckland, NZ); Leslie Allen (16 July 1909 Nairobi-1987 Zimbabwe); Gwendoline Mabel (Kay) (17 Jan 1911 Nairobi-9 Dec 1969 Wellington, NZ); Ronald Arthur (13 Aug 1912 Busoga-11 Dec 1977 Nairobi); Nora Marjorie 'Dolly' (Eve) (28 Aug 1913 Portsmouth-1997); Irene 'Rene' Violet (Potter) (12 Dec 1915 Nairobi-1957)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Hilary Condon, Red Book 1912
General Information:
According to Ancestry, all the children after Hubert John had a different mother from Rosetta. But this must be wrong - she is named as mother of Leslie, and she is with all her children in Ancestry Passenger List in 1920
Hilary Condon - Engine Fitter in 1908 - awarded an OBE in 1936 and died of a heart attack while enroute to UK for a holiday with his wife, on 14 Feb 1937. He was buried at sea. The ship was SS Matiana, and a letter was posted in Aden from O.H. Dewhurst informing the Loco Superintendent, H. Blin Stoyle, of this news. The letter describes Jack as "a man of retiring disposition, but sterling qualities, who was liked and appreciated by all with whom he came into touch".
Hilary Condon - Soon after Hubert's birth the family set sail for East Africa where Jack worked for the Kenya Uganda Railway & harbours Corporation servicing steamers on Lake Victoria. The supplement to the London Gazette of 3 June 1935 lists 'John William Condon Esq., Instructor (Locomotive) 1st Class, Railways and Harbours, Kenya and Uganda.'
Red Book 1912 - J.W. Condon - Nairobi
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