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Name: TIPPETTS, Una

Nee: Howarth, dau of George Dall Howarth

Birth Date: 1921 Kenya

Death Date: 2008 Adelaide, Australia

First Date: 1920

Last Date: 1973

Profession: Nurse in Mombasa during the war

Area: Ruiru, Thika, Mombasa, Kabete, Kiambu

Married: In Kenya 1940 Harry Jeffreys Tippetts, a sub-lieut in the Royal Navy, b. 14 Apr 1922 Mercara, Madras, India, d. 1976 Bulawayo

Children: Gael (Harrison); Cynthia Elizabeth (bapt. 8 Dec 1946 Ruiru)

Book Reference: Howarth, Bap

General Information:

Howarth - After demobilisation in England Harry returned to Kenya, joined the EA Customs Dept., and later farmed in various parts of Kenya at Kabete, Lugari, Thika and Kiambu. In 1973, he and Una left Kenya by road and settled in Rhodesia. Harry died in Bulawayo in 1976, and Una, eventually, went to live in Adelaide, Australia, with her daughter Gael and son-in-law Fred Harrison.

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