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Name: ADAMS, Ernest OBE
Birth Date: Jul-Sep 1884 Walsall
Death Date: 15 Nov 1934 Walsall
First Date: 1915
Profession: Comptroller of Customs and Custodian of Enemy Property, Tanganyika Territory
Area: Dar es Salaam
Married: Annie Mary Davies b. 30 June 1889 Welshpool, d. 23 Oct 1971 Welshpool
Children: Ernest W. (12 Oct 1924 Welshpool)
Book Reference: Red 25, Gazette, Medals, Old Africa 23
School: Royal Orphanage, Wolverhampton, FCIS, FAA (Australia)
General Information:
Gazette - 27/10/15 - E. Adams, appt. Liquidator Enemy Firms
Medals - Mombasa Defence Force - E. Adams, No. 9345, Private
Old Africa 23/21 - Mr Adams, the Comptroller of Customs, retired prematurely to return to Great Britain to provide the most modern techniques for his only son, who had been born dumb …….. Mr McQuade, a not-overly-friendly South African, took over as Comptroller.
Gazette 26 Mar 1935 probate