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Name: COOPER, Septimus Bertram
Birth Date: 3 Feb 1871 Shrewsbury
Death Date: 1944 Cape Town
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1902
Profession: Engineer, Uganda Railway - Asst. Storekeeper; Kitotos, Feb 1899; dep. Zanzibar for Europe 27.7.1899
Area: Kitotos
Married: In Hammersmith 1923 Blanche Smith
Book Reference: North, Mills Railway
General Information:
North - From London; arr. EA from England & supporting survey parties at Lake Victoria Sept. 1898; Issued with Public Officer's Game Licence at Mombasa between 1-1-1901 & 30-6-1901; dep. Zanzibar for Europe 27-6-1902; end of Appt.
Mills Railway - 141 - 1898 - The final line to Nakuru was staked out by A.F. Church and Cooper after Baass left. Blackett had done the work between Nairobi and the Escarpment and Harrison was continuing in the Rift Valley. In October, Harrison was fatally injured by a lioness in the Kedong Valley below Kijabe and buried at Fort Smith; his demise necessitated some re-arrangement. Between Longonot and Elmenteita a party was at work under Boothby and ahead of him was R.J. Church (brother of A.F.) proceeding towards the question mark at Nakuru. R.J. Church was about 200 miles ahead of the rails.
Freemason Registers Became a Freemason in Sudan 20 Jan 1914