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Name: MATTHEWS, James Whitlock MC
Short Name: 'Bwana Mfupi'
Birth Date: 12 Dec 1895 Fremantle, W. Australia
Death Date: 27 Mar 1980 Rotorua, New Zealand
First Date: 1922
Profession: Farmer, Kitale
Area: 1930 Kiminini; 1922 Kamak 1937 Llandaff Estate Kitale, 1925 Hoey's Bridge 1949 Fairlawn
Married: In Grahamstown 2 June 1926 Josephine Evelyn Hoole b. 4 Jan 1902 Grahamstown, d. 28 Dec 1980 Rotorua, N. Zealand
Children: Three
Book Reference: KAD, Red 22, Red 25, Red 31, Who's Who 63
War Service: 4th Battn. N. Staffordshire Regt. 1915, 2nd Lieut., seconded to 6th King's Own Yorks. Light Infantry 1916; 1940-45, Major
School: St Andrew's College Grahamstown, South Africa
General Information:
Who's Who 63 - retired from Army 1920; arrived in Kenya 1920; Farmer
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - James Whitlock Matthews, Farmer PO Kitale
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List