MR DAVID KENNETH HAY DALE CBE
Mr Dale was born on 27 January 1927 and educated at Dorchester Grammar School. He joined the Indian Army in 1944 and was commissioned in 1945. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1948 and served in Germany, Kenya, Uganda and Malaya until 1959, retiring with the rank of Captain.
He joined the Colonial Service in 1960 and was a district officer in Kenya until 1964 when he was transferred to the New Hebrides. He served first as Assistant Secretary (Establishments) and then as a District Agent and Secretary of the Natural Resources Committee before becoming Senior Assistant Secretary (Establishments) of the Anglo-French Condominium in 1970. He was seconded to the Seychelles in 1973 as Secretary in the Ministry of Aviation, Communications and Works and in 1974 became Deputy Governor. He held this post until Independence in 1976 when he became Secretary to the President and to the Cabinet of the new Republic.
His services were terminated after the coup in 1977. Since September 1977 he has been serving in the FCO as Head of the Dependent Territories Section of West Indian and Atlantic Department.
He is married (his wife is Polish) with one adult son.
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