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Name: HALLOWES, Peter Blythe William

Nee: son of William Brabazon and Diana Hallowes

Birth Date: 10.2.1935 Nairobi

Death Date: No longer in New Zealand electoral rolls after 2010

Last Date: 1953

Profession: Kenya Special Police

Married: 1. 1956 Pamela Noeline Rainey (div.); 2. Mrs Ann Gwendoline Phyllis Morrison née McLean

Children: 1. Angela Ruby (25.2.1957); Christopher Peter (8.2.1959); Diana Maxine (10.1.1960); Leanne Linda (12.9.1962) 2. Paul William; Sean Donald

Book Reference: Web

War Service: Kenya Special Police during Mau Mau

School: Limuru (Girls) School, Kaptagat School, Eldoret School, Nakuru School, Duke of York School (1948-52 - Foundation member)

General Information:

Web - 1953 he left Kenya for New Zealand
When he left school the Mau Mau emergency was under way and he joined the Kenya Special Police. In 1953 he was awarded a scholarship by the Royal Agricultural Society and left Kenya for New Zealand. He attended Massey Agricultural College, studying diary farming until the end of 1954; then undertook practical experience on farms in the Waikato district. In the same year as his marriage, he joined the National Airways Corporation at Whenuapai and worked for them for five years. When National Airways and TEAL merged to form Air New Zealand, he left and entered the Automotive Industry.
Naturalised New Zealander 8 July 1977

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