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Name: FORREST, Arthur Eric
Birth Date: 3.7.1892 Lewisham
Death Date: 23.1.1971 Cape Town
First Date: 1915
Profession: Senior Assistant Auditor, Audit Dept.
Area: Nairobi
Married: Vera Ritchie b. 20.5.1893
Children: Heather Lonsdale (1918 Zanzibar-1995); Arthur Ritchie (22 Jan 1927-2006); Gerald Alwyn (22.1.1927)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Colonial, Gazette, Dominion, KAD, Red 22, Uganda Staff, Red 19
War Service: on active service Lancs. Regt. Oct 1915 - Dec 1916
General Information:
Colonial - Asst. Auditor EA Prot. July 1915; Asst. Auditor in charge Somaliland 1917; Ag. Senr. Asst. Audr. EA Prot. in 1917, 1919 & 1920; Asst. Auditor in charge Zanzibar, Feb 1920; Senr. Asst. Auditor Kenya Mar 1922; Senr. Asst. Treasurer Nov 1925; Treas. Acct. Jan 1926; Mem & Sec. Kenya Cost of Living Commission 1926; Dep. Treasurer Uganda Apr. 1930; Ag. Treasurer in 1930 1932 & 1934; Treasurer Oct. 1934; Currency Officer, Mem. Railway Advisory Council; Financial Sec. July 1937
Gazette - 1/9/15 - A.E. Forrest, appt. Asst. Auditor - arr. Mombasa 21/8/15
Dominion - Principal Assistant Treasurer - 1930
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Arthur Eric Forrest - Civil Servant, Protectorate Road and Mrs Vera Forrest - Protectorate Road
?Albert Edward - KR 1126
Uganda Staff 1938 - Financial Secretary, appointed 1937, previously Deputy Treasurer from 1930
Red Book 1919 - Assistant Auditor, Audit Dept.