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Name: HALLOWES, Rupert Haffenden
Nee: son of Walter Haffenden and Ethel Hallowes, bro of Kenneth Bernard and William Brabazon Hallowes
Birth Date: 19.1.1916 Kambula, Natal
Death Date: 20.7.1978 Hilton, Natal
First Date: 1937
Profession: Farmer
Area: Mua Farms, Ruiru
Married: 1940 Helen Mary Chennells b. 25 June 1916, d. 11 Apr 2017 Pietermaritzburg
Children: Guy Rupert (bapt. 16 Nov 1941 Ruiru); Paul Francis (1942); Roger James (15 Aug 1944 Eshowe, Natal); Joan Margaret Mary (Reid) (1945); Helen Barbara Louise (Maggs) (1947)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Barnes, Web, Bap
School: Michaelhouse
General Information:
Barnes - Early player for Muthaiga Rugby Club - 1938
Web - Known as "Brab" in the family ? [I think this was probably his brother William Brabazon] During WW2 he served with the Kenya Regiment and the East African ASC in East Africa and Abyssinia, reaching the rank of Lt. Afterwards he ran a farm, "Passenham" at Ol Kalou; it adjoined his brother William (Brab)'s farm "Carrigans" and the two properties were run in partnership until 1962. It was then bought by the British Government as part of the political settlement with Jomo Kenyatta and the Independence arrangements (the famous 'million acre scheme'). Rupert and Helen moved back to South Africa in 1963 and farmed at Nottingham Road in Natal from 1963 to 1976. The farm was then sold and they moved to Hilton (near Pietermaritzburg) in 1976. Rupert died of cancer in 1978.
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 446)