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Name: TRIM, Edwin Alfred CBE (Dr.)
Birth Date: 2 July 1900 Southampton
Death Date: 6 Sep 1969 Nairobi
First Date: 1927
Profession: Medical Officer, Medical Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1927. Deputy Director of Medical Services in 1953; DMS Uganda 1955; Perm. Sec. Min. and DMS, Min. of Health 1959-61
Area: Nairobi, 1930 Box 126, Nairobi
Married: Rachel Jessie b. 1902, ?d. 1956 Harrow
Book Reference: Staff 39, Staff 53, Red 31, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Barnes, O&C, Dominion
School: Taunton Sch., Christ's College Cambridge 1919-22 and St. Thomas's Hosp.; MD (Cantab), MRCS (Eng), LRCP (Lond), MB, CHB (Camb), DTM&H (Lond)
General Information:
Barnes - Early player for Nondies Rugby Club - 1930s - Dr. Trim
Dominion - Medical Officer - 1930
Gazette - 13/4/1927 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Medical Officer - Dr. E.A. Trim
Gazette 5 Dec 1969 probate
Career: Casualty Officer & House Surg. St. Thomas’ Hospital (1925-27); MO Kenya (1927-47); SMO Kenya (1947-49); Asst. DMS Kenya (1949-50); DDMS Kenya (1950- 55); DMS Uganda (1955-59); Permanent Sec. Min. and DMS., Min. of Health (1959- 61); retired Kenya
In WW2 Rachel Jessie was Dep Director of Women Power, Kenya. The 1956 date of her death may be wrong because she is in the Nairobi electoral register in 1958 (Kenya Gazette 12 March 1958)