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Name: MINCHIN, Arthur John
Nee: son of John Edward Minchin
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1912 Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary
Death Date: 25 Dec 1997 Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal
First Date: 1937
Profession: Farmer, Kitale
Area: 1959 Glendyne Estate, Kitale
Married: Beatrice Margaret D'Olier Blair b. 10 May 1906, d. 27 Aug 1981 Greytown, Natal
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Hut, mini-STREP XIV, Buffalo Barua 2, Stud, Rootsweb, Peerage
War Service: WW2 with KAR
School: Wellington College
General Information:
mini-SITREP XIV - Ed. - Arthur was a very quiet unassuming man who had lived in Greytown for many years. I understand that as a young man he was a very fine tennis player and the Kenya singles champ for a number of years after the War ....…
EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Guernseys - A.J. Minchin, Kitale
Peerage - He lived at Thornvale, Moneygall, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 347).