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This is my father - obviously in Africa somewhere. At some point he obtained a pet Vervet monkey which he named "Nellie" after my mother to whom he was engaged at the time. They got engaged on 30th October 1932 and they married (by proxy - he was in Africa and she in Holland when they got married) on 15 August 1934. So maybe this picture was taken in 1933 when he would have been 28 years old. The location is most likely in Western Uganda near Mbarara where he set up base camp from which to explore and do prospecting in the Ruwenzori Mountains (also referred to as The Mountains of The Moon - particularly in the context of King Solomon's Mines).
These eight pictures are just a representative sample of the wider collection of family pictures that can be found elsewhere on these web-pages. But for quick easy reference, these few are briefly described below with links to their full-size images.

A   I can't be sure, but by process of elimination, I think these are grandparents of my mother. I don't know their names or even whether they are on her mother or her father's side. (Enlarge)

B   Again I'm not really sure, but I think this is my mother's mother. The picture was taken before my mother was born (1910) and the little boy is her eldest brother. (Harry Kuyters) (Enlarge)

C   This is my grandmother on my father's side - Hylkje van der Meulen. (Enlarge)

D   These are my grandparents on my father's side - Jitse and Hylkje Couperus. He was born 1868, married 1893, died 1939. (Enlarge)

E   Again my grandparents on my father's side - Jitse and Hylkje Couperus, after his retirement as a "veldwachter". (Enlarge)

F   My father, Epeus Gerardus Couperus, as a young man in Friesland, probably around the time he left home to seek his fortune. (Enlarge)

G   My father again, now somewhere in Central Africa (Western Uganda probably, near Mbarara or Kabale and the Mountains of The Moon) That is a Vervet monkey on his shoulder that he named Nellie (after my mother to whom he was engaged at the time.) (Enlarge)

H   This is me as a young soldier. I am wearing the uniform of The Kenya Regiment, pending re-assignment to the 4th Battallion The King's African Rifles. (Enlarge)