A detailed account of Donald Cook Wilkie's education and subsequent career printed in the UK Mechanical Records 1847 - 1930. London: UK. Institute of Mechanical Engineers when he applied in December 1908 to become a member. This document lists his birth date, education in Dundee and also in Penang and Rangoon and a copy of the entry is attached as a photograph on this memorial.
In summary there seems to have been some ill health that encouraged him to served four years indentured as a midshipman which was followed by working at a saw mill in Borneo and that was also given up to due ill health followed by sick leave in Japan.
He joined his father at the Malay State Salt Manufacturing Company and started a trawling business of his own before gaining employment at the Tanjong Pagar Salvage Depot in Singapore in December of 1901 where he remained until 1904. During his time at the Salvage Depot in Singapore it seems he met his wife Marie Lucie and their first child Grace Margaret was born in 1902 followed by Marie Marguerite in 1904.
He then accepted a position as Assistant Engineer and Draughtsman at The Straits Trading Company Ltd., in Singapore and was promoted to superintending engineer of their pyritical ore installation in Selangor, Federated Malay States (F.M.S.) by 1910 at the age of 30. At this point he had added three more boys to his family: Connault Donald Lucien Wilkie 1907, William John Wilkie 1908, and Alexander Wilkie 1910.
1912 Manifesto travelling from China (Indo China) to England via Japan. The manifesto lists Mr C.D. Wilkie 26 Mrs C D Wilkie 28, and children Grace 9, Maggie 8, Connaught 4, Willie 3, and Alick 1.
In October 1915 the family are on a manifesto as having resided in Singapore and traveling from Singapore to London: Mr D.C. Wilkie gives his age as 36 (same age as in 1912) Constg Engineer (Consulting Engineer), Mrs Wilkie married 32, Grace 12, Margaret 11, Connaught 8, William 7, Alex 4. Under the heading 'Country of intended future residence' Scotland is marked.
April 1922 Manifesto shows that Donald Wilkie has a second family and is travelling from Rangoon to London: Donald Cook Wilkie 43 mining engineer, Amy Talbot Wilkie 31, John Donald Wilkie 2, and Mary Wilkie 1.
1928 Manifesto travelling from Herefordshire, England destination Rangoon, Donald with a now hyphenated surname of Cook-Wilkie 48 mining engineer, wife Mary? 37, children Donald 8, Mary 7, Martin 4, and Ian 1.
He served for the Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR) during WWII, and resided with Amy in New Zealand until he passed away in Levin in 1963.
In summary there seems to have been some ill health that encouraged him to served four years indentured as a midshipman which was followed by working at a saw mill in Borneo and that was also given up to due ill health followed by sick leave in Japan.
He joined his father at the Malay State Salt Manufacturing Company and started a trawling business of his own before gaining employment at the Tanjong Pagar Salvage Depot in Singapore in December of 1901 where he remained until 1904. During his time at the Salvage Depot in Singapore it seems he met his wife Marie Lucie and their first child Grace Margaret was born in 1902 followed by Marie Marguerite in 1904.
He then accepted a position as Assistant Engineer and Draughtsman at The Straits Trading Company Ltd., in Singapore and was promoted to superintending engineer of their pyritical ore installation in Selangor, Federated Malay States (F.M.S.) by 1910 at the age of 30. At this point he had added three more boys to his family: Connault Donald Lucien Wilkie 1907, William John Wilkie 1908, and Alexander Wilkie 1910.
1912 Manifesto travelling from China (Indo China) to England via Japan. The manifesto lists Mr C.D. Wilkie 26 Mrs C D Wilkie 28, and children Grace 9, Maggie 8, Connaught 4, Willie 3, and Alick 1.
In October 1915 the family are on a manifesto as having resided in Singapore and traveling from Singapore to London: Mr D.C. Wilkie gives his age as 36 (same age as in 1912) Constg Engineer (Consulting Engineer), Mrs Wilkie married 32, Grace 12, Margaret 11, Connaught 8, William 7, Alex 4. Under the heading 'Country of intended future residence' Scotland is marked.
April 1922 Manifesto shows that Donald Wilkie has a second family and is travelling from Rangoon to London: Donald Cook Wilkie 43 mining engineer, Amy Talbot Wilkie 31, John Donald Wilkie 2, and Mary Wilkie 1.
1928 Manifesto travelling from Herefordshire, England destination Rangoon, Donald with a now hyphenated surname of Cook-Wilkie 48 mining engineer, wife Mary? 37, children Donald 8, Mary 7, Martin 4, and Ian 1.
He served for the Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR) during WWII, and resided with Amy in New Zealand until he passed away in Levin in 1963.
A detailed account of Donald Cook Wilkie's education and subsequent career printed in the UK Mechanical Records 1847 - 1930. London: UK. Institute of Mechanical Engineers when he applied in December 1908 to become a member. This document lists his birth date, education in Dundee and also in Penang and Rangoon and a copy of the entry is attached as a photograph on this memorial.
In summary there seems to have been some ill health that encouraged him to served four years indentured as a midshipman which was followed by working at a saw mill in Borneo and that was also given up to due ill health followed by sick leave in Japan.
He joined his father at the Malay State Salt Manufacturing Company and started a trawling business of his own before gaining employment at the Tanjong Pagar Salvage Depot in Singapore in December of 1901 where he remained until 1904. During his time at the Salvage Depot in Singapore it seems he met his wife Marie Lucie and their first child Grace Margaret was born in 1902 followed by Marie Marguerite in 1904.
He then accepted a position as Assistant Engineer and Draughtsman at The Straits Trading Company Ltd., in Singapore and was promoted to superintending engineer of their pyritical ore installation in Selangor, Federated Malay States (F.M.S.) by 1910 at the age of 30. At this point he had added three more boys to his family: Connault Donald Lucien Wilkie 1907, William John Wilkie 1908, and Alexander Wilkie 1910.
1912 Manifesto travelling from China (Indo China) to England via Japan. The manifesto lists Mr C.D. Wilkie 26 Mrs C D Wilkie 28, and children Grace 9, Maggie 8, Connaught 4, Willie 3, and Alick 1.
In October 1915 the family are on a manifesto as having resided in Singapore and traveling from Singapore to London: Mr D.C. Wilkie gives his age as 36 (same age as in 1912) Constg Engineer (Consulting Engineer), Mrs Wilkie married 32, Grace 12, Margaret 11, Connaught 8, William 7, Alex 4. Under the heading 'Country of intended future residence' Scotland is marked.
April 1922 Manifesto shows that Donald Wilkie has a second family and is travelling from Rangoon to London: Donald Cook Wilkie 43 mining engineer, Amy Talbot Wilkie 31, John Donald Wilkie 2, and Mary Wilkie 1.
1928 Manifesto travelling from Herefordshire, England destination Rangoon, Donald with a now hyphenated surname of Cook-Wilkie 48 mining engineer, wife Mary? 37, children Donald 8, Mary 7, Martin 4, and Ian 1.
He served for the Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR) during WWII, and resided with Amy in New Zealand until he passed away in Levin in 1963.
In summary there seems to have been some ill health that encouraged him to served four years indentured as a midshipman which was followed by working at a saw mill in Borneo and that was also given up to due ill health followed by sick leave in Japan.
He joined his father at the Malay State Salt Manufacturing Company and started a trawling business of his own before gaining employment at the Tanjong Pagar Salvage Depot in Singapore in December of 1901 where he remained until 1904. During his time at the Salvage Depot in Singapore it seems he met his wife Marie Lucie and their first child Grace Margaret was born in 1902 followed by Marie Marguerite in 1904.
He then accepted a position as Assistant Engineer and Draughtsman at The Straits Trading Company Ltd., in Singapore and was promoted to superintending engineer of their pyritical ore installation in Selangor, Federated Malay States (F.M.S.) by 1910 at the age of 30. At this point he had added three more boys to his family: Connault Donald Lucien Wilkie 1907, William John Wilkie 1908, and Alexander Wilkie 1910.
1912 Manifesto travelling from China (Indo China) to England via Japan. The manifesto lists Mr C.D. Wilkie 26 Mrs C D Wilkie 28, and children Grace 9, Maggie 8, Connaught 4, Willie 3, and Alick 1.
In October 1915 the family are on a manifesto as having resided in Singapore and traveling from Singapore to London: Mr D.C. Wilkie gives his age as 36 (same age as in 1912) Constg Engineer (Consulting Engineer), Mrs Wilkie married 32, Grace 12, Margaret 11, Connaught 8, William 7, Alex 4. Under the heading 'Country of intended future residence' Scotland is marked.
April 1922 Manifesto shows that Donald Wilkie has a second family and is travelling from Rangoon to London: Donald Cook Wilkie 43 mining engineer, Amy Talbot Wilkie 31, John Donald Wilkie 2, and Mary Wilkie 1.
1928 Manifesto travelling from Herefordshire, England destination Rangoon, Donald with a now hyphenated surname of Cook-Wilkie 48 mining engineer, wife Mary? 37, children Donald 8, Mary 7, Martin 4, and Ian 1.
He served for the Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR) during WWII, and resided with Amy in New Zealand until he passed away in Levin in 1963.
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