John (Jock) Sutherland papers

MS Shelf: 
SUT
MS Date: 
1894-1937
MS Extent: 
1 file
MS File list: 
Available at KCAL
MS Historical note: 

John (Jock) Sutherland was born at Elgin, Scotland on 27 January 1877 and was employed from 1891-1894 at Glen Grant Glenlivet Distillery, Rothes, Scotland. He served in South Africa during the South African War (1899-1902) and in 1910 joined the South African Railways where he was employed as a carpenter. Sutherland remained with the S.A.R. until his retirement in 1937, with the exception of military service during World War I. From 1914-1916 he was a corporal in the South African Engineer Corps, serving in German South West Africa. He married Ethel Wynn circa 1922. Jock Sutherland died in Durban circa 1975.

MS Title: 
John (Jock) Sutherland papers
MS Scope and Content: 

The collection comprises one file containing some personal papers and a varied collection of photographs taken in, for example, German South West Africa, Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa, [1914-1919]

MS Provenance: 
-
MS Local system number: 
KCAL351566
MS Physical description: 
manuscripts, printed material, photographs

Manuscript Inventory:

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