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Name: POOLMAN, Gordon
Nee: bro of Henry and Frederick Poolman
Birth Date: Kenya
Death Date: 1964 UK
Profession: Joined Serengeti as a Park Ranger in 1957
Married: Connie
Book Reference: Serengeti, Kingsley-Heath
General Information:
Kingsley-Heath - Henry Poolman - One of three brothers, all hunters. His brothers were Gordon and Fred. Henry was a highly respected and successful professional hunter and member of the EAPHA. Killed by a gunbearer's bullet into his neck when confronting a lion with Henry's client.
Myles Turner, My Serengeti Years In June 1957 Gordon Poolman joined us as Park Ranger Serengeti with Connie his wife. Gordon came from an old Kenya family and we had grown up together as youngsters in Nanyuki. Gordon was an outstanding warden remained with us till 1963, when he resigned and went to live in England with Connie and their young daughter. Within a year he was dead from cancer