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Lived in Kitale 1929 - 1932 (don't remember this!), UK 1932 - 1938, Nairobi 1938 -1940 (Nairobi Primary School),1941 - 1944 Kampala(Prince of Wales Nairobi 1942 1946), Nairob1 1944.Joined EAAC Jan 1947 as Traffic Trainee and assigned to freight section at Eastleigh airport working with Nigel Gilfillan (his brother worked for Shell in Nairobi)Later transferred to freight section in EAAC office based in Shell House,Delamere Ave.1949 transferred to Daressalaam, accommodated in a Greek run hotel in town center and worked a ground staff shift at the old airport based at Kurasini. EAAC later rented a house in Kurasini which we ran as a bachelor Mess.Main office was on the jetty in Dar Harbour and manager was Denis Lloyd) Other EAAC colleagues there - Freddy Fox, Dave Burnham, Derek Edwards, Chick Little, Ted Bates and June Ovenden who became my wife.There was a BOAC boat coxwain and his wife based there who opereated the launch ferrying passengers and freight to and from the flying boats. Also a Boac employee and his wife helping EAAC to set up the passenger reservations system. Can' recall their names. Left EAAC April 1950 and Joined E.A OXygen as Office Manager 2 Years in Dar & 2years in Nairobi. Joined Caltex in 1954 in the marketing Dept. and stayed with them until I retired in 1988. During that period was based in Dar, Mwanza, Morogoro, Dar, Nairobi, Mbale, Kampala, Lusaka, New York and Dallas, Texas.