Captain Ernest Vernon Stokes

Abstract

Ernest Vernon Stokes was born on 8/4/1867 in Southwark, London. He qualified MRCVS (Edinburgh) in June 1899 and came to South Africa during the Boer War as a Civil Veterinary Surgeon attached to the Army Veterinary Department. In May 1902 he was in Potchefstroom where he remained until 1905 at the experimental station. At the end of 1905 he commenced practice in Port Elizabeth. On 2/11/1914 he joined the SAVC and saw active service in the South West Africa Campaign . He died in Port Elizabeth on 27/11/1925 at Fairview House. (Source: Past Veterinarians in South Africa Volume 2 M-Z https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/21238)