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Name: GRANT, Donald Keith Shaftesbury OBE

Birth Date: 24.7.1890 Dublin

Death Date: 19.2.1978 Chipping Norton

First Date: 1912

Profession: Asst. Conservator of Forests, EAP Dec 1912; Conservator of Forests for Tanganyika Terr. 1920 for over 16 years

Area: Tanganyika, 1919 Nyeri, 1914 Nyeri

Married: In Droitwich 1920 Elizabeth Mary Gardner b. 1892 Droitwich, d. Feb 1958 Manchester

Children: Henry St John (2.9.1921 Nairobi-2008); Peter Dundas (27 Sep 1924 Tanganyika-4 Nov 2003 Beaconsfield, Tasmania)

Book Reference: Gillett, Red 25, Hut, EAMR, Colonial, Red 22, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Gazette, Red 19

War Service: WW1 with EAMR - C Sqdn. 1/11/15 - 27/3/16 - To KAR

School: King's School Canterbury, Wiesbaden Germany; Oxford Univ.

General Information:

Red 22 - Dar es Salaam
Leader14 - Verderer, Forest Dept.
Red Book 1912 - D. Grant - Machakos
Gazette 15/1/1913 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Conservator of Forests - 30/12/1912
Red Book 1919 - Forest Department - Assistant Conservator - D.K.S. Grant
Gazette - 30/3/1921 - Transfer - transferred to the Tanganyika Territory as Conservator of Forests wef 18/12/1920

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