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Name: FLETCHER, Walter Miles
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1908 Launceston, Tasmania
Death Date: 29 Jan 1988 Natal
Profession: Farm manager for Thad Avery near Ngobit
Area: Ngobit, Aberdares, 1933 Mgr. Keringet, Angata Ndare, P.O. Ngobit
Married: 1. In Nyeri 31 Jan 1933 Lady Victoria Mary Dolores 'Taffy' Feilding (dau. of 9th Earl of Denbigh) b. 29 Mar 1901 Lutterworth, d. 1985 Monks Kirby, Warwickshire; 2. Nancy 'Bay' Creery b.1897, d. 1994 (prev. m. Randall Leslie Creery 1888-1961)
Children: Christopher Everard (22 Dec 1935, d. Port Macquarie, NSW); Simon (1937-2010)
Book Reference: John Carnegie, Hut, Red 31
General Information:
Hut - tossed by elephant.
Hut - wife 2 - Nancy 'Bay' Creery, 3 - Alison Pughe
A capable and charming Tasmanian who bred wonderful Boran bulls and superb merino sheep. A marvellous raconteur.
Gazette 23 Oct 1951 Dissolution of Partnership between Walter Miles Fletcher and Lady Victoria Mary Dolores Fletcher carrying on the business of farming under the name of Wamura Farm at Ngobit has by mutual consent been dissolved from 1 Oct 1951.