Can anyone point me to resources connected to the Gold Coast, now Ghana, for the late 20s please?
I have a relative (Alfred Campbell born 1896) who travelled there to work in 1926 (I have found him on a passenger list to Accra, listed as a marine engineer, which he was) but family anecdotes say he worked there in the police force. He had apparently intended to send for his family, but caught malaria and had to return to England. He was back by 1928 but I have not been able to find him listed on any passenger lists for his return.
Oddly he remained on the electoral roll for his home address in Acton over the period 1925-1929, so perhaps the anecdotes are wrong and he always planned to come back quite soon.
I'd like to find out what his occupation was while living in the Gold Coast, so welcome any ideas for where I could try to find this out. Meanwhile I am keeping an eye out for any new passenger lists becoming digitised as he might appear, and that might show what his job had been.
