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Henry Elgon Kensington-Edwardes 97607 v
9.10.1915 - 6.12.1944

Henry Elgon Kensington-Edwardes was born in Kenya where his parents farmed coffee

and wattle in the Turbo Valley near Mt. Elgon. He suffered from malaria and was sent to
Cape Town where his maternal grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Smuts, lived at

"Dalebrook", 30 Main Road, Kalk Bay. He went to school at Rondebosch Boys Junior and
High as a boarder from the age of 11 years, but he spent much of his free time at Kalk Bay.

His younger sister Aimee was also sent to Kalk Bay for health reasons and went to school
at Rustenburg.

He matriculated in 1933 and then studied Chemistry at UCT, after which he worked as an
analytical chemist in fruit research in Cape Town. When war broke out he joined the

Meteorological Section of the forces and was posted to Northern Rhodesia. After some

time he applied for and was accepted into the SAAF. He underwent training at Lyttleton
Flying School getting his “Wings” and graduating as a lieutenant at the head of his course.

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