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Name: POOLEY, George Henry (Dr.)

Birth Date: 26.12.1867 Stonham Aspal, Suffolk

Death Date: ?28.1.1912 Entebbe

Nationality: British

First Date: 1901

Last Date: 1905

Profession: Medical Officer, Hoima, Uganda, January 16th, 1901

Area: Hoima, Uganda

Married: In Kensington 1903 Dulcibella Mary Brooke b.1874 Wetheringsett, Suffolk, d. 23 June 1942 Hampstead

Children: Henry Popham (Hoima 29.11.1904-4 Sep 1987 Andover); Frederick George (24 Feb 1906 Grove, Kent-11 Nov 1969 Zomba, Malawi); Dulcibella Vera (Joy) (19 Sep 1910 Sheffield-1997 Winchester); Richard Warner (20 July 1912 Eccleshall Bierlow-2003 Oxfordshire); Thomas Brooke (1914 Ecclesall Bierlow-1974 Palma, Spain); 3 others

Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, EA Diary 1903, EAHB 1904

General Information:

North - Entebbe May 1901; Acting Principal Med. Officer June 1901; transferred from Busibica (?) to Entebbe May 1902; Masindi July 1902

North - From Stonham Aspal, Suffolk; appt. Medical Officer UP 16/1/1901; due to marry Miss D. Mary Brooke Nov 1903; arr. Mombasa from England with wife 13/1/1904; son born at Hoima 29/11/1904; dep. Mombasa for England 12/5/1905; resigned

He was still in the Medical Directory in 1935 so the death date and place may be incorrect. Also, two of his children were born after his supposed death. He is not in Uganda cemeteries. The 1912 death date comes from North.

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