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Name: POESTKOKE, Frederick Adolf
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1886 Amsterdam
Death Date: 2 Aug 1962
First Date: 1902 - December
Profession: A Hollander from Amsterdam, in SA during Boer War. Undertook many safaris in the EAP, Uganda & Tanganyika & maintained that he lived more than 25 years in a tent always moving round doing any job he fancied. 1928 took up farm at Solai
Area: Eventually lived in Solai District for many years, 1930 Solai
Married: Elize Maartje Burgers b. 1897
Children: ?Elize (1928)
Book Reference: Gillett, Red 31, Hut, Pioneers, Medals, SKP
War Service: EA Vet Corps
General Information:
Medals - East Africa Veterinary Corps - Frederick A. Poestkoke, No. 5098, Corporal
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived Lake Solai Dec 1902
Gazette 18 Sep 1962 probate
Stock Inspector, Uganda 1923