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The Reverend William Arthur Phillips of the Nyasa Industrial Mission in Blantyre had established a Baptist mission there in 1905, serving an area of and 50, 000 souls.

The Dokes were supposed to investigate, whether the mission in Lambaland could be taken over by the Baptist Union of South Africa.

It was on this trip that Doke's father contracted enteric fever and died soon afterwards ( Gandhi attended the memorial service and addressed the congregation ).

Clement assumed his father's role.