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Name: TOWAN, John
Birth Date: ? 1864 (cemetery) ?1867 (Foreign and Overseas Registers)
Death Date: 3 Sep 1919 Nairobi
First Date: 1909
Last Date: 1919
Profession: Guard, Traffic Dept, Uganda Railway
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Barnes, North, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Gazette
General Information:
EAHB 1906 - J. Towen - Nairobi
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - John Towan, British, age 55, died 3/9/19, blackwater fever
North - Railway appt. 21/4/1899; Guard, Traffic Dept. May 1902; Guard 1/4/1903; invalided to India July 1903; On List of 'Non-Native Residents of Nairobi' (EAM), Traffic Dept 5/9/1903
EAHB 1904 - Nairobi Residents - Towan, J. - Traffic Dept. Uganda Railway
Red Book 1912 - J. Towan - Nairobi
Gazette 17/9/1919 - Obituary - His Excellency the Governor regrets to announce the death from blackwater fever and dysentery of John Towan, Guard, Traffic Department, Uganda Railway at the European Hospital, Nairobi on 3/9/1919.
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Traffic Dept. - Guard, 1st Class
Gazette - 27/6/1917 - Engineering and Traffic Staff on Danger Zone 1915/16 - Guard 1st Class - J Towan