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Name: BALDWIN, John Harold CBE
Nee: cousin of Mrs A.C. Francis. Son of Arthur and Nancy Ellen Baldwin
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1902 Great Harwood, Lancs.
Death Date: 7 Oct 1982 Kiambaa
First Date: 1912
Last Date: 1982
Profession: Employed in the Accounts Dept. of the Uganda Railway, he eventually became Chief Accountant. He retired to live at Limuru
Area: Retired to Limuru, KAD 1922 has W.H. Baldwin, U.R., Nakuru, Karen
Married: In Mombasa 12 July 1926 Clara Crabtree b. 26 Dec 1901 Haslingden, Lancs., d. 18 May 2003 Albany, Auckland, N. Zealand
Children: Dorothy (28 Apr 1927 Nairobi-2007 New Zealand) ; Arthur Crabtree (6 June 1930 Nairobi-2006 New Zealand)
Book Reference: Gillett, Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, CO, Dominion
School: FIAC
General Information:
Staff 39 - Expenditure Accountant, Accounts Dept., Railways & Harbours Dept., in 1939, appointed 1939. Originally Junior Clerk 1915
Colonial - Junior Clerk KUR&H 1915; Trav. Inspector of accounts 1925; Asst. Accountant 1926; Senior Asst. 1931; Expdt. Accountant 1939; Ch. Asst. to Gen. Manager 1942; Chief Accountant EAR&H 1948; Deputy General Manager 1961-62
East Africa & Rhodesia - 7/1/54 - OBE - since 1948 chief accountant, East African Railways & Harbours which he joined in 1915. Was appointed chief assistant to the general manager in 1942
CO 533/576 - Member of the Jury in trial of L.W. Churcher for murder in 1925
Dominion - Public Works Department - Railway - Assistant Accountant - 1930
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - John Harold Baldwin, Assistant Accountant, KUR, Nbi and Clara Baldwin, Married woman, Lower Hill Rd.
Gazette 5 Nov 1982 probate
His father had arrived in EA in 1911 but died in 1919 from typhoid fever.
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