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Name: BIRKITT, Frank
Birth Date: 27 Apr 1885 Derby
Death Date: 13 Nov 1959 London
First Date: 1935
Profession: Senior Deputy Postmaster General, Kenya in 1939, appointed 1936. Originally Chief Accountant 1935. Nyasaland 1912-26. British Guiana 1927-35
Married: Dulcie Elizabeth b. 30 May 1892
Children: Elizabeth Harriet (1925)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Colonial
General Information:
Colonial - Imperial Postal Service (tels) 1898-1902, Mails 1903-07, administrative (cler. & acctg.) 1908, staff record offr. 1909, postmaster Nyasaland Protectorate (various offices) 1912, active service 1914-15, NVR N. Rhodesian Forces) ag. asst. PMG various occasions; 1st cl. clk 1920, ch. acct. and stkpr. 1923, PMG Br. Guiana 1927, temp. MLC in 1932-34; Ch. Acct. Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika Territory postal serv. 1935, senior dep. PMG 1936
Gazette 30 Aug 1960 probate