An autumnal downpour failed to dispirit family and friends, travelling from
as far afield as Goa, the United States and Germany to attend the
celebrations in the U.K. , on 22nd October 2006, exactly 100 years to the
date of his birth.
Born in Beira, Mozambique, to his merchant seaman father Joao Antonio De
Moraes and mother Anna Blandina nee Mascarenhas, Hector, after his early
education in Goa, attended a Salesian-run boarding school in Nagpur.The
disciplines, ethos and values instilled in him there, remain a guiding force
in his career and life to this very day.
With employment opportunities opening up in British East Africa, Hector,
aged 22, found himself in the Civil Service, at the Horticultural and
Agricultural research station, Njoro, in the heart of Kenya's "White
Highlands", where he was to make a lasting impression on his superiors.
A keen sportsman, the dashing, motorcycle-riding Hector, soon became popular
at the Goan Institute in the neighbouring town of Nakuru (the agrarian
headquarters of the Rift Valley).
In 1940, Hector, whilst on extended overseas leave in Goa, met and married
Sybil Pinto of Bombay.
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