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Name: YOUNG, Reuben Leonard 'Len'
Birth Date: 20 Aug 1908 Wandsworth, London
Death Date: 1999 Australia
First Date: 1928
Last Date: 1967
Profession: Photographer. To Kenya after a 5 year apprenticeship in London. Initially joined a photographic firm. Later joined EAR&H and became Chief Photographer, EAR&H
Area: Karen, Nairobi
Married: Freda May Aldous b. 16 Jan 1912
Children: Carol Clare Aldous (14 May 1944 Kenya)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, EAWL
War Service: EA Forces in WW2, Captain
School: Council School, East London
General Information:
Hobbies - Boxing, fencing and big game hunting. Shot an elephant with 100 lb. tusks each side. Played in Stan Daly's dance band in 1937/38 with Ron Stephens.
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 662). No birthdate in KR records.