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Name: TIPPIN, Thomas Charles Whitbread OBE

Birth Date: 1 July 1902 Gillingham, Kent

Death Date: 7 Aug 1981 Chard, Somerset

First Date: 1929

Profession: Second Engineer, Marine Dept., Railways & Harbours Dept., in 1939, appointed 1929

Area: Kisumu, 1957 Rongai

Married: Kathleen Ellen May Young b. 17 Dec 1909 Portsmouth, d. 3 July 1997 Nairobi

Children: Patricia (1933); Jane (Leete) (1935); John (1948)

Book Reference: Staff 39, Hut, Jambo 67, Colonial, EA & Rhodesia, Uganda Staff

School: HM Dockyards Schools, Chatham and Gib.A.M.I.MECH.E., M.I.MAR.E., Extra First Class Engineer

General Information:

East Africa & Rhodesia - 27/6/57 - OBE
Uganda Staff 1938 - Second Engineer (Extra First Class Engineer), KUR, Butiaba, appointed 1929
Gazette - 15/10/1929 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - 2nd Engineer (Lake Steamers) K&U Rly - T.C.W. Tippin
Jambo 67 - Senior Marine Engineer EAR&H.
Colonial - Engnr. i/c Lake Kyoga 1946; Senior Marine Engnr. EAR&H 1952-58

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