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Name: BROOKS, Stanley Byrne MBE

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Birth Date: 17 Sep 1908 Kotri, India

Death Date: 28 Apr 1997 Western Cape, S. Africa

First Date: 1925

Profession: Telegraphist with Post Office, Standard Vacuum Oil Co., Kilindini, joined KUR&H in 1929 as an artisan in the Nairobi workshops later in the drawing office and design dept.. 34 years' service with KUR&H

Area: Box 49, Nairobi

Married: 1927 Edna Alicia Desmier b. 15 May 1907 Nairobi, d. 1995 Cape Town (dau of Arthur Herbert Desmier)

Children: Melville Stanley (11 Apr 1928 Nairobi-12 Jan 2018 Cape Town)

Book Reference: Red 31, Rhino Link

School: St. George's College, Missuri in the Himalayas

General Information:

Link - played football, hockey and soccer for the Railway Club with his brother Viv, and both represented Kenya at these sports. He also played a handy game of snooker. ......... retired to S. Africa
1939 England and Wales Register living in Lewisham with wife
Blue Book 1926 appt. 26.8.1926

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