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Name: NELSON, Ernest Wright
Birth Date: 5 Jan 1887 Barkly East, Cape Province, S Africa
Death Date: 24 Sep 1919 Survey Camp, Mvuga, near Kwale, blackwater fever
First Date: 1909
Profession: Survey Dept.
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: Drumkey, Harmony, Medals, EAHB 1907, Barnes, Gazette, Red 19, North
General Information:
Member of Lodge Harmony - Initiated 15/7/18, age 30, Surveyor, Survey Dept., Nairobi, died 1920 - Ernest Wright Nelson
Medals - East Africa Volunteer Artillery - E.W. Neville, No. 2, Corporal
EAHB 1907 - E. Nelson - Kericho
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Ernest Wright Nelson, died 24 Sep 1919 age 38, Survey Camp, Vuga, Blackwater Fever. Inscription: in / memory of / Ernest Wright / Nelson / of the survey dept / Kenya / who departed thid life / on 24th October / 1919 / aged 32 years & 9 months
Gazette 8/10/1919 - Obituary - His Excellency the Governor regrets to announce the death of Mr E.W. Nelson, Staff Surveyor, Land Survey Dept. on 24/9/1919 of blackwater fever near Kwale in the neighbourhood of Mombasa while engaged on Land Titles Surveys.
Red Book 1919 - Survey Dept. - Cadastral Branch - Junior Staff Surveyor - E.W. Nelson
UK Foreign and Overseas Register for death