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DipArch (AA, London), ARIBA, ISAA, NIA. John Boyd Moffat was born in Durban, the son of Walter Goldstraw MOFFAT (1880-1949) and Linda Kathleen Boyd (1887-1962) (FS). He studied architecture in London in the latter half of the 1930s at the AA. There are letters written to him in London by his father from Durban, dated October and November 1938, January, February and March 1939. In these letters his father mentions the studies and there is mention of red stars earned for good results along the way. At the outbreak of the Second World War Moffat joined the army (known as the UDF - Union Defence Force) in the engineering corps (ENGINEER CORPS, SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY (SAEC or SAAEC)) during the latter half of WW2 (1944 and 1945) and served in Tobruk and other parts of North Africa as well as Italy. At the end of the war whilst awaiting demobilisation he undertook various public works (he says in his letters he was a sort of clerk of works) for the army in North Africa - he mentions building a small hospital, a NAFKI for 600 men and various other things. On returning to South Africa he joined his father's practice MOFFAT and HIRST and, after his father's retirement, together with JS SIMPSON, continued as MOFFAT, SIMPSON and PARTNERS. He is recorded in 1959 as of address Natal Bank Chambers, Gardiner Street, Durban, Natal. In 1969 he is recorded as a retired member of the NIA of address Mountain Farm, PO Banhoek, Stellenbosch, Cape Province. He married Stephana Jane Aylmer Lammie (1928-2010) in Durban on 1949 08 19. Their marriage certificate gives his profession as Architect and his address as 55 Springfield Rd, Durban. His second marriage was to Brenda Kathleen MacAndrew (1935-2006) whom he married on 1962 10 31 (FS). He died in Cape Town on 6 March 1989. [Additional information supplied by his daughter, Kathy Moolenschot (nee Moffat) October 2015; Family Search]. References | ||
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