Paul Reed Posted 2 October , 2003 Share Posted 2 October , 2003 Here's one for our Fiji expert. A group of soldiers taken at Southampton c.1915. They are mainly Canadian, expect one who is KRRC and wearing a 'FIJI' title on his left breast pocket... any ideas who he could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 2 October , 2003 Author Share Posted 2 October , 2003 Here's a close up of the man concerned; best I can do on the scanner I have access to at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 2 October , 2003 Share Posted 2 October , 2003 Do you reckon this is him? The one at the back left with white hatband If so, Norman Faddy, 2nd contingent MC and bar postwar commandant of Fiji Defence Force These are the 3 Faddy brothers in WW1 Norman & Frank -on right - 2nd Fiji Contingent and Herbert - front- AIF This photo is taken probably in 1917, as Herbert didn't enlist till november 1916. So the other 2 will be 2 years older than the earlier photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 2 October , 2003 Share Posted 2 October , 2003 2nd contingent. left Fiji July 1915 enlisted in KRRC 19 August 1915 at Stratford, Essex Norman Faddy 5th row up 4th in from left, just below and left of flag bearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 2 October , 2003 Share Posted 2 October , 2003 Fiji 1st Contingent. These 2 contingents were the only ones in britain in 1915 I have all the names, so if you think it's someone else, give me the reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 2 October , 2003 Share Posted 2 October , 2003 Who's the one in the middle, bottom row, of your photo? He looks very like my officer, seen in both contingents -CA Swinburne and in this photo of the first contingent receiving their first pay on arrival in England. -the tall one in centre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 2 October , 2003 Share Posted 2 October , 2003 and, to complete the family, here is Gertrude Faddy, sister of the 3 men. Royal Red Cross VAD nurse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 3 October , 2003 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2003 Many thanks for that - the man in your photo looks a bit too 'stocky' to be the chap in my group photo, and the ears look different (ears are a good clue to ID-ing somone in a photo!). I can't see the faces clearly enough in the groups to match him up, but seeing as how few there were, he must be one of them! Sadly nothing on the back of the photo I have - all the others are Canadians, so suspect they perhaps don't have a Fiji connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 4 October , 2003 Share Posted 4 October , 2003 Perhaps this one Hugh George Waring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 4 October , 2003 Share Posted 4 October , 2003 together waring_photo.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 4 October , 2003 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2003 That looks a lot more like him - what do you know about this man? I couldn't download the file in your attachment, above. Thanks again for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 5 October , 2003 Share Posted 5 October , 2003 Rifleman Hugh George Waring 2nd Fiji Contingent, Fiji Defence Force European (Fiji), civil servant born Fiji , 1895 s/of Henry Thomas & Wilhemina Florence Waring, Levuka , Fiji residence Ovalau, Fiji enlisted Stratford, Essex 19 August 1915 R/15255 1st KRRC in Sheerness Camp 2 January 1916 died of wounds 9 May 1916, aged 20 Bruay Communal Cemetery Ext., Pas de Calais, France. I have contacted a relative, who gave me these 2 photos, to see what he thinks another photo of HG Waring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 5 October , 2003 Share Posted 5 October , 2003 There is actually a Canadian connection with Fiji. As well as the KRRC fighting at Frezenberg with the Princess Pats in may 1915, there were a few Fiji inhabitants who joined up in Canada CANADA 1)Horace William Bavin 29th Batt 76483 Canadian Expeditionary Force Names: BAVIN , HORACE WILLIAM Regimental number: 76483 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 515 - 51 National Archives of Canada 2)Albert Bish brother of J E Bish, POW left for USA to be munitions worker June 1918 enlisted in Canadian Flying Corp returned to Fiji March 1919 received disbursement from Fiji Day Fund 3)Frank Bish brother of J E Bish POW left for USA to be munitions worker June 1918 enlisted in Canadian Flying Corps returned to Fiji March 1919 received disbursement from Fiji Day Fund 4)E Budd from Dreketi, left for Canada 5)Tom Chapman 6)Felix Emberson fireman left Fiji for Vancouver July 1918 per Niagara enlisted in Canada Flying Corps returned to Fiji March 1919 received disbursement from Fiji Day Fund 7)Harold William March Names: MARCH , HAROLD WILLIAM Regimental number: 628069 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5912 - 15 born April 30, 1888 Suva, Fiji Islands s/of E J March civil servant Suva Volunteer Force Fiji 6th DCOR enlisted 28 June 1915 8)Ernest Percy Owen AKA William Ernest Owen Names: OWEN , ERNEST PERCY OWEN , WILLIAM ERNEST (SEE) Regimental number: 140166 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7518 - 37 National Archives of Canada 9)Lieutenant R B Powell probably Lt . Robert Branks Powell Names: POWELL , ROBERT BRANKS Rank: LT Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7942 - 46 National Archives of Canada 16th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regt.) KIA 28 April 1917. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont St –Eloi, France 10)Rivers manager of Tuba Mill South Pacific Lumber Coy to enlist in Canada ............................................................... perhaps one of these is in the photo, any of 1, 7, 8, 9. depending on dates, and thus they knew eachother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broznitsky Posted 5 October , 2003 Share Posted 5 October , 2003 Christine, would Fijian travellers to Canada first land in the port of Vancouver? Probably . . . Horace Bavin enlisted in 29th (Vancouver) Battalion; Harold March had militia service with Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles (Vancouver-based) and enlisted with 47th Battalion (New Westminster, about 10 miles from Vancouver); Robert Powell enlisted with 48th Battalion (Victoria, about 40 miles from Vancouver) and was posted to 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), who recruited partly in Vancouver. So maybe 1, 7, and 9 are in the picture. I don't know if Paul can make out any of these battalion badges in his photo. Peter (Pacific Rim) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 5 October , 2003 Share Posted 5 October , 2003 Thanks for that info, Peter. I have added it to the entries Now waiting on Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 5 October , 2003 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2003 I'll have a closer look at the original and come back to you, but from memory they were all men in the 1st or 2nd Canadian Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 6 October , 2003 Share Posted 6 October , 2003 The relative of Hugh George Waring reckons your photo is not him. I give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 6 October , 2003 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2003 No worries - it was a just a long shot. I knew I had a photo of a Fiji volunteer somewhere, and having been recently sorting out my archives finally came across it - thus the original post. Many, many thanks for trying, though. I'll have a look at the CEF badges, however, and post again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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