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Name: TONKING, Harold Dennis (Dr.)
Birth Date: 21 June 1902 Cottesloe, W. Australia
Death Date: 10 Dec 1986 Cape Town, S. Africa
First Date: 1927
Profession: Asst. Bacteriologist Kenya 1927; Senior Pathologist Mauritius 1936; Pathologist Nigeria 1949; seconded as pol. adviser to ex-Shah of Iran 1942-44
Area: Box 141, Nairobi
Married: Dorothy Eileen Kidson b. 8 Nov 1901, d. 3 Oct 1986 Grahamstown (dau of David Alexander Kidson)
Book Reference: Red 31, Colonial, Dominion
School: Worcester Cathedral King's School and St. Thomas Hospital
General Information:
Dominion - Medical Department - Assistant Bacteriologist - 1930
Gazette - 19/7/1927 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Bacteriologist - H.D. Tonking
1939 England and Wales Register livng in Kensington with wife
Was in Mauritius in 1940
1957 Passenger List Plymouth-USA he says he was born 17 Jan 1902, and he was with Mary Tonkin b. 4.10.1900