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Name: CORBET, Randolph John
Nee: 2nd son of Henry Reginald Corbet of Shropshire
Birth Date: 1858 Adderley, Shropshire, bapt. 4 Feb 1859
Death Date: 18 Dec 1936 Chelsea
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Profession: Uganda Railway - Commissariat Officer, Kilindini Feb 1899
Area: Kilindini, Nairobi
Married: unmarried
Book Reference: North, Playne, Fox Davies, Web
War Service: Lieut. RNR
General Information:
North - From Shropshire; Commissariat Dept. closed on completion of line, dep. Mombasa for England 15-1-1902
North - 'His language is the filthiest on the Railway' (McGregor-Ross, RH)
Playne - Commissariat Officer on Railway during construction
Gazette - 15/9/1901 - Notice - It is proposed to establish a Masonic Lodge at Nairobi under the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of England
Brethren resident in East Africa who are willing to cooperate should communicate with the Committee appointed for Mombasa - Signed R J Corbet and J G Muir
North Issued with Public Officer's Game Licence, Nairobi 25/1/1901; Dep. Mombasa for England 15/1/1902.