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Name: GARDNER, Harold Mence OBE

Birth Date: 11 Nov 1889 Ombersley, Worcs.

Death Date: 3 Nov 1979 Karen

First Date: 1914

Profession: Conservator of Forests in 1939, appointed 1928. Originally Asst. Conservator of Forests 1914

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Upton on Severn 25 Nov 1920 Marian Joyce Amphlett b. 1897 Ombersley, d. 11 Nov 1985 Nairobi

Children: Charles Amphlett (1933, married Annette Roberts); Rosemary Alice (11 May 1923 Nairobi-1963); John Amphlett (15 Sep 1921-1980 Australia)

Book Reference: Staff 39, Manual, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Colonial, Curtis, Red 22, O&C, Gardner, Gazette, Dominion, Sunman, Red 19

War Service: WW1 with EAMR - A Sqdn. 1/11/15

School: Worcester and Merton College Oxford 1909-12; BA Hons, Forestry Diploma (Oxon)

General Information:

Curtis - 'A Forester's safari' by H.M. Gardner - description of a coastal journey from Lamu to Kiunga in 1925.

Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nyeri

Dominion - Agricultural Department - Forestry - Conservator of Forests - 1930

Sunman - Member of Legco as Conservator of Forests

Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Harold Mence Gardner, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Kikuyu

Red Book 1919 - Forest Department - Assistant Conservator - H.M. Gardner

KAD 1922 - Assistant Conservator of Forests, Nairobi

Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Harold Mence Gardner, Civil Servant, Forest Dept, Arboretum Rd, Nbi and Mrs Marian Joyce Gardner, marred woman, Arboretum Rd

Gazette 1 Aug 1980 probate

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