Identification John Hardy/West

[today1]

Ok thanks.  Had a quick look at the homeguard petone info and looks like they had boiler suits and army hats, so maybe he was in the regular army.

[Fresh Fields]

No Wivenhoe this information came from John to my father and the information about his name change was given to my father by his mother Mary.  He died when I was about 13 but he didnt speak about his past, only from when he met Mary.  The only other thing was he had a whole album filled with photos taken in fiji...very old and a yacht that also featured in them but my father had no idea why.

Hello John.

Do you know what happened to the photo album? The more photos available the more chances of finding a clue.

- Alan.

[jess5athome]

Hi,    I have a sneaky feeling that the photograph shows him wearing second world war Fusilier collar dogs on his uniform.

http://dandycollectibles.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RIMG0005-5.JPG


Regards
Frank.

[today1]

Fresh Feilds you want to hear this, they were thrown out eventually, back then there was no idea that the internet could link so much information and people

[today1]

Jess5 I looked that up and its the british army, however John was in new zealand from at least or before the end of ww1 until his death in 1966, I will equivalent in nz, thanks

[minniehaha]

This website might be of interest..........

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=artillery+collar+badges&biw=1222&bih=646&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwioyMuAhaLRAhXMjJQKHSejBVMQs


Minniehaha.

[minniehaha]

The cap??? [side view]

http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/325673?rendering=standard.jpg


Minniehaha.

[today1]

Thanks minnie, I cant see anything on there thats close to the collar badge, the closest from another site is royalnz electrical and mechanical engineers, but not the same.  On the electoral roll 1928 he is listed as a steelworker, 1935 he is listed as a labourer and in 1946 he is listed as a pwd employee. 

[wivenhoe]

How and when did you get the photograph?

Your John HARDY / WEST, b. 1888, would be early to mid 50s during the war years, and I would have thought the man in the photo was younger. Is the photo in a frame?.......photographers name?.......and notation on the back?

"...They had 4 children Lillian who died young Rosemary who went to Tasmania, George, and Arnold.  I have all of their information."

BDM NZ death
1927 / 4183 HARDY Lilian May   2yrs

I can see WW2 enlistment for two HARDY brothers, Petone.  Are they your father, and his brother?.   

If your father served in WW2, do you mean that he did not know how his own father was also in uniform?

You need to see the death certificates for John HARDY, d. 1966, and Mary Alice HARDY, d. 1951.

Whatever someone else has told you about these documents, you need to see the information.

What are the births years for the four children?