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Name: NORBURN, George Bertram Edward

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Birth Date: 3 July 1895 Valetta, Malta

Death Date: 20 Jan 1980 Nairobi

First Date: 1926

Profession: Architect

Married: 1. In Marylebone 1924 Anne Halkett b. 1893 Hound, Hampshire 2. Charlotte d. 27 Mar 1965 Nairobi

Children: Jean Margaret (1925-1999)

Book Reference: Aero, Who's Who 63, Dominion

War Service: Army and RFC 1914-19

School: Portsmouth Grammar School; RMC Sandhurst; University College London; ARIBA 1921; FRIBA 1937

General Information:

Aero - Committee Member, Aero Club of East Africa in 1927 - G.B.E. Norburn, Member of Finance Sub-Committee and Convenor of Entertainments Sub-Committee
Aero - Letter as only surviving member of original committee
Who's Who 63 - PWD Kenya 1926-32; Supervising Architect to PWD Palestine 1940-45 being consulted on reparation of the Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem; Member of Nairobi City Council 1953-63 serving as chairman of various committees; President of EA Institute of Architects on 3 occasions
Dominion - Public Works Department - Loan Staff - Assistant Architect - 1930
Gazette - 27/10/1926 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Architect - G.B.E. Norbourn
Gazette 7 Sep 1965 wife's probate
Gazette 27 Mar 1981 probate

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