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Name: POPPLETON, William James 'Billy'
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1891 Queensland, Australia
Death Date: 1933
Nationality: Australian
First Date: 1921
Profession: Coffee planter, Makuyu
Area: Makuyu, 1925 Rueru Estates, Ruiru, 1930 Mrefu Estates Ltd., Thika
Married: Mary Dorothea 'Dolly' Backhouse b. 1893, d. 8 Aug 1967 Nairobi
Children: George (1920); Frank (1922-16 June 2011 Canada); John (1917 Hammersmith); William 'Billy' (1921 Kenya-1 Dec 1844 on active service Imphal)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Bovill, Red 25, KAD, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Ruiru, Gazette
War Service: NZFA
General Information:
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - William James Poppleton - Farmer - Ruiru and Mary Dorothea Poppleton - Home Duties - Ruiru
Bovill - ridging on farm at Makuyu.
KAD 1922 - Committee Member, Ruiru Farmers' Association
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Expunged from Nairobi North Register - William James Poppleton, Planter, Box 450, Nbi and Mary Dorothea Poppleton, Married woman, box 401, Nbi
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Ukamba Voters List
His son William was a choolmate of Desmond Butcher at Nairobi Primary School in the early 30's.
Gazette 17 Nov 1967 wife's probate
Freemason 23 July 1921 Ruiru