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Name: HEWITT, Frank
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1898 Salterforth, Yorkshire
Death Date: 1974 Padiham, Lancs.
First Date: 1924
Last Date: 1946
Profession: Health Inspector, Medical Dept, Kenya in 1939, appointed 1936. Originally Sanitary Inspector 1924
Area: Kisumu, 1930 Box 19, Eldoret, Box 651 Nairobi
Married: In Barnoldswick 10 Sep 1927 Winifred 'Winnie' Brown b. 1899 Sheffield, d. 30 Mar 1988 Annes, Lancs.
Children: Marjorie Patricia (Todd) (1930); Kenneth Neill (1932); Peter Geoffrey (1935)
Author: 'Winnie: Her Life in Kenya' by daughter Marjorie Todd, 2010
Book Reference: Staff 39, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Legion, Dominion, Winnie, Gazette
War Service: Sergeant, RAMC 1917-21, joined Kenya British Legion in 1936
General Information:
Dominion - Medical Department - Sanitary Inspector - 1930
Winnie - Stayed in the RAMC after WW1, a damaged right eye denied him a combative role. Demobbed in 1922 as a Sergeant.
Gazette - 23/7/1924 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Sanitary Inspector - T. Hewitt