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Name: LEAKEY, Douglas Gray Bazett OBE
Nee: son of Harry Leakey and Mary
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1907 Kabete
Death Date: 17 Jan 1980 Bagtor, Devon
First Date: 1924
Profession: Asst. Conservator of Forests in 1939, appointed 1932. Still at Nyeri in 1953.
Area: Nyeri, Elmenteita
Married: In Limuru 20 Dec 1934 Beryl Enid Jackson b. 6 Sep 1907 Nainital, India, d. 11 Nov 1993 Broxbourne, Herts.
Children: Evelyn Mary (Petter) (22 Mar 1937 Surrey-9 Sep 1997 Welwyn Garden City); Roger Richard Bazett (1946)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Staff 53, Hut, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Baptism, O&C, Gillett, Hut
School: Weymouth Coll. and St. John's College Cambridge 1927-31; MA (Cantab)
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 7/1/54 - OBE
Hut 1924 Gamble Caves Surveyor.
Colonial - Conservator of Forests 1955; Dep. Chief Conservator 1958