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Name: BROWN, Gordon Dixon FRGS (Commander RD, RNR retd)
Birth Date: 7 May 1894 Karachi
Death Date: 28 Feb 1977 London
First Date: 1925
Profession: Commander, Marine Dept., Railways & Harbours Dept., in 1939, appointed 1936. Originally 2nd Officer 1925. Acting Sen. Marine Officer from 15-3-39
Area: Nairobi
Married: Mary Hannah 'Annie' Heaton b. 9 Nov 1900 Colombo, Ceylon, d. 21 Jan 1977 Marylebone
Children: Yvonne Beatrice (11 Sep 1927 Kenya-1999 Knowsley, Merseyside); Rosemary June (1931 Kenya-2012 Ipswich)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Colonial, Dominion
School: RD, RNR (Retd), FRGS
General Information:
Colonial - Mercantile Marine 1910-13; RN 1913-25; 2nd Officer KUR&H 1925; Asst. Hydrographic Survey Officer 1926; Hydrographic Officer 1929; Commander 1936
Dominion - Public Works Department - Railways - Marine Dept. - Survey Officer (Marine) - 1930
Gazette - 22/7/1925 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - 2nd Officer, Lake Steamers, Uganda Railway - Gordon D. Brown
Blue Book 1926 appt. 12.6.1925