Kennedy Trevaskis
British colonial official and army officer
About Kennedy Trevaskis
Lived 1915 – 1990 (aged 75).
Sir Gerald Kennedy Nicholas Trevaskis, (1 January 1915 – 14 March 1990) was a British colonial official and army officer. He served as High Commissioner of Aden from 1963 to 1965.
Trevaskis saw active service during the Second World War as a soldier and then officer in the Northern Rhodesia Regiment. In August 1940, he was captured by the Italian forces while serving in British Somaliland, becoming a prisoner of war (POW). Having been released in 1941, he spent the rest of the war serving with the British Military Administration of Eritrea.
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Who was Kennedy Trevaskis?
British colonial official and army officer
When was Kennedy Trevaskis born?
Kennedy Trevaskis was born on 17 January 1915.
When did Kennedy Trevaskis die?
Kennedy Trevaskis died on 17 January 1990.
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