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Name: ANSTEY, Robert Alexander Carnegie 'Alec' (Col.)

Birth Date: 28.3.1890 Coburn, W. Australia

Death Date: 18.10.1978 Naro Moru

First Date: 1914

Last Date: 1978

Profession: Farmer. Settler in the Nanyuki District before WW1

Area: Nanyuki, KAD 1922 - W. Kenya, 1930 Tharua Farm, Naro Moru

Married: In Elham, Kent 1920 Kathleen Ellen Shaw Kirwan b. 15 May 1892 Shillong, India, d. 22 Dec 1974 Naro Moru

Children: Heather Kathleen (Fernandes) (d. 1955); Margot (farming at 'Tharua' in 1987)

Book Reference: Seventy, Joelson, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Red 22, Gazette, Andrew Fernandes, Racing, Barnes, SS, Red 19

War Service: EAMR and KAR

General Information:

EAMR - Member of Officers and Sergeants Cricket Team - Christmas 1915 -
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - East Africa Somali Scouts - To be Lieutenant - Trooper Anstey, EAMR
Racing - Owner of 'Inshallah' - Winner of the Kenya Steeplechase Cup in 1923 - Mrs Anstey
Nanyuki cemetery - Kathleen Anstey of Naro Moru, 5/5/1894 - 22/12/1974 AND Alec Anstey, 28/3/1890 - 18/10/1978
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Lieut.-Col. E.C. Anstey, DSO, Junior Naval and Military Club, Piccadilly, W1 - Farm 1558 - Representative, A.C. Anstey Esq., West Kenia
Gazette 21/4/1920 - Registration of Brands - PO West Kenya - K2N
Nairobi Club - Honorary Life Member - A.C. Anstey
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kenya Area - Alec C. Anstey - Farmer, West Kenya
Red Book 1919 - A.A. Anstey - Settler, West Kenya
Joelson - pioneer in the Nanyuki area.
Hut has R.A.C. Anstey 1914 Tharua Naro Moru.
EAMR has A.C. Anstey A Sqdn 9/8/14 - 7/10/14 To Somali Scouts
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Alec C Anstey, Farmer PO Naro Moru and Kathleen Anstey, Married woman PO Naro Moru
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare voters' list
Gazette 8 Feb 1980 probate

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