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Name: PENN, Arthur Ernest (Staff Capt.)

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Birth Date: 1896 Rothwell, Northants.

Death Date: 13.1.1942 Nairobi, hornet stings

First Date: 1928

Profession: Salvation Army

Area: Nairobi

Married: 1920 Annie Heath b. 12 Apr 1895 Oldham, d. 1986 Tunbridge Wells (she later m. Archibald Moffat 1885-1961)

Children: Edward Garth (3 Jan 1923 China-27 Oct 2004 Muizenberg, S. Africa); Dorothy Margaret Cassie (1927)

Book Reference: Red 31, Barnes

War Service: RFA

General Information:

Was in Peking and Shanghai before Kenya
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Arthur Ernest Penn, British, age 46, died 13/1/42  
Ancestry He kicked what he thought was a football but it turned out to be a hornets' nest and he died of multiple stings.
 

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