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Name: REES, Ole Martin
Short Name: Ole Martinius Riis
Nee: bro of Marius Balthasar Rees
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1872 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Death Date: 3 May 1956 Nairobi
First Date: 1910
Last Date: 1956
Profession: Well known professional big-game hunter
Area: Box 500, Nairobi, 1925 Limuru, 1930 Box 530, Nairobi
Married: ?In Sem, Vestfold, Norway 11 July 1931 Astrid Helen Olsen
Book Reference: HBEA, Ker, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Chandler
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 26/7/56 - Mr O.M. Rees whose death in Kenya is reported, went to East Africa before the First World War and planted coffee there and in Uganda. Later he became a big game hunter, with camera as well as with gun. During the last war he served in the Intelligence Corps.
Chandler - Owen Rees - A professional hunter (also seen as Omar Rees) employed by the firm of Safariland Ltd. In the 1920s.
Gazette 17 July and 14 Aug 1956 probate for Ole Martinus Riis otherwise Rees
Application for a US passport 1920 - previous one issued by American Consul, BEA, 19 Sep 1919
FindaGrave Ole Martin Rees Birth 18 Oct 1872 Milwaukee, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA Death 3 May 1956 (aged 83) Burial City Park Cemetery Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Plot Section 16 Lot 106 Memorial ID 228355100 Inscription: Ole Martinus Riis / (O M Rees) / died 3rd May 1956 / age 85 / farewell brother hunter / may you rest in the peace / you so richly deserve