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Name: BRECKENRIDGE, John Donald Thomas 'Punch'
Nee: elder brother to James Bruce William Breckenridge, stepson of Arthur Blayney Percival
Birth Date: 18 June 1915 Kingston, Surrey
Death Date: 18 Mar 2005 Belleville, Ontario, Canada
First Date: 1936
Profession: Joined the Kenya Police in 1936. Elizabeth was also an active member of the Police being in charge of a Special Branch section during the war and the emergency.
Area: Mandera 1939, 1949 Endebess
Married: Elizabeth Farley b. 22 June 1912, d. 20 July 2011 Ottawa
Children: Clare (Long) (1945)
Book Reference: Habari 23, Staff 39, Hut, Wolseley-Lewis, Breckenridge
School: Loreto Convent
General Information:
Staff 39 - Asst. Inspector, Kenya Police in 1939, appointed 1937. Originally 2nd Grade Asst. Insp. 1936.
Info from Col. Ray Nightingale - Jim Breckenridge - step father Blayney Percival
Breckenridge - 1932 - Kakamega gold fields - joined a Diamond Drilling Company who were prospecting in the Ruwenzori Mountains in Uganda and later in Tanganyika, for some months, then returned to Kakamega and was prospecting in the Maragoli District.
Hut has J.D.C. not J.D.T.
Hut - Deported?
Balwant Rai - Prosecution witness at the trial of Balwant Rai and others - 1942 - Asst. Inspector, Kenya Police CID