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Name: McDONALD, John CBE, DFC
Birth Date: 30 July 1894 Bristol
Death Date: 1962 Gloucester
First Date: 1927
Profession: Government mycologist - worked on the breeding of rust resistant wheats
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Bristol 1920 Anna Lilian Millar b. 7 Jan 1894 Portglenone, Antrim, N. Ireland, d. 1971 Swindon
Children: Brian (1922); another
Book Reference: KFA, KAD, Red 25, Colonial, Debrett, Red 22, Dominion
War Service: Military service 1914-19, Capt. and 1941-43, Major
School: Merchant Venturers School and Bristol University
General Information:
Debrett - was Mycologist, and Senior Plant Pathologist, Kenya 1920-37, and Director of Agriculture, Cyprus 1937-49; European War 1914-18 with Gloucester Regt., and RFC, and as Capt. RAF (DFC); Major Cyprus Vol. Force 1940-43
Debrett 1954 has Nairobi Address ie returned to Kenya from Cyprus. Merchant Venturers Sch. Bristol and Univ. of Bristol. Military service 1914-19, Capt. and 1941-43, Major
Dominion - Agricultural Department - Scott Agricultural Laboratory - Mycologist - 1930
KAD 1922 - Mycologist, Div. of Botany, Agricultural Dept.
Colonial - Asst. Mycologist 1920; Mycologist 1921; Senr. Plant Pathologist 1930; Dir. Agric. Cyprus 1937
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - John McDonald, Civil Servant, Gymkhana Rd, Box 338, Nbi