Keith Wookey, Resident, welcoming Tunku Abdul Rahman to Sandakan 1962
Born
Walter Keith Caple Wookey
1 January 1912
Lincolnshire, UK
Died
November 1963 (aged 51)
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Other names
W.K.C. Wookey
Occupation(s)
Assistant District Officer, District Officer, Resident and Senior Official of British Colonial Government of North Borneo
Years active
1936 to 1963
Children
4
Walter Keith Caple Wookey (1912 - 1963), also known as Keith Wookey, was a District Officer and later Resident in the post-war British Colonial Government of North Borneo. At some point Wookey was the most senior official stationed in Sandakan as Resident (known as Resident Commissioner in full) and was also appointed by the Queen to the Executive Council, North Borneo.[1]
^The London Gazette, 12 February 1960. Retrieved from: www.thegazette.co.uk