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Name: CALLANAN, John Charles Joseph OBE (Dr.)

Birth Date: 1 Mar 1897 Thurles, Ireland

Death Date: 13 Mar 1973 Southampton

First Date: 1921

Profession: Assistant Director of Medical Services, Kenya in 1939, appointed 1939. Originally Prob. Medical Officer 1921

Area: Nairobi, 1922 Kakamega, 1925 Chuka, 1930 Machakos

Married: In Nairobi RC church Maud Lansberry b. 23 Jan 1896 Bedford, d. 20 July 1973 Southampton

Children: Barbara Anne (1929)

Book Reference: Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Colonial, Dominion, Gazette

War Service: RAMC, military service 1919-20, lieut.

School: Clongowes Wood College and Trinity Coll. Dublin, BA, MD, BCH, BAO (Dubl) LM (Rotunda)

General Information:

Colonial - M.O. Kenya 1921; SMO 1934; asst. DMS 1939; DMS Swaziland 1946; med. mem. Ken. war pension assess. bd.; sec. and mem. control bd. of health Kenya; MOH Nairobi dist. coun. area 1935-45; chmn. High Comsn. Terrs. nursing coun.
Dominion - Medical Officer - 1930
Gazette 21/9/1921 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Medical Officer - 9/9/1921
KAD 1922 - Medical Officer, Kakamega.
Hut has Dr. V.C. Callanan 1922 Mumias
Was in Swaziland in 1957
Blue Book 1928 appt. Asst. Bacteriologist 4.8.1921

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