Went straight from school into the SAAF where he qualified as a fighter pilot at Robertsfield air training base near Pretoria. Saw active service over N. Africa, Italy and Yugoslavia, and was shot down once over the Libyan desert and again over Yugoslavia. After the war he returned to Kenya in 1946 where he worked in various Govt. Depts. for a couple of years before deciding to further his education. Went to Natal and Rhodes University and obtained a degree in Anthropology. Joined the Colonial Administration and was posted to Tanganyika as an administrative officer in Masailand and rose to the rank of Actg. District Commissioner. After Independence transferred to the Education Dept. where he held the position of Headmaster of Liamungu Secondary School at Moshi. In 1965 emigrated to New Zealand where he took up a teaching position. However, shortly after his arrival he left NZ to take up an Australian Government offer of an administrative post in their Northern Territory based at Darwin. Before taking up this new position Jack attended Armidale University in Australia for a year to obtain local knowledge. After spending some time living in the outback amongst the Aboriginees, the Australian Govt. selected Jack as a member of the team to prepare the Australian governed territory of Papua, New Guinea for their forthcoming independence and was transferred to Port Moresby in New Guinea. Whilst at Port Moresby the local University offered Jack the post as Professor of Anthropology, a position he willingly accepted. It was whilst Jack was out sailing one day that he suffered a heart attack and died at the early age of 47.   Source: Mr John B.R. Allen

UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for birth