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I don't usually do military... but that camel won my heart... ahhhhh.......
Hi Paula,
what a lovely job that is! Colours are excellent too!
NewRelic, I'll bet that you are thrilled with those lovely restores, well done again folks
Rabbit B
Hi Ray,
there must have been some proof of service at some stage in order for him to have been interned an a Returned Soldiers cemetery, it's just a matter of tracking it down. Do you know if he was receiving a pension? if he served in the British Forces he would have been entitled to be in a NZ cemetery, the hat doesn't necessarily mean he was in the NZ forces.
Alan NZ
Hi, I don't know what you mean by "Is it a CWGC war grave"
the term War Grave makes me think that he died whilst in the Armed Forces and that he had a grave from the Commonwealth War Graves commission, in which case he would be on their database.
http://www.cwgc.org/
If I understand correctly NZ and Australia had Returned Servicemens organisations as opposed to the Royal British Legion (RBL) in the UK. RBL doesn't provide graves for ex-service personnel and I wasn't aware that other ex-service organisations did.
The hat in the photo looks like the typical NZ hat of the era. On the jacket sleeve, is that a mark on the photo or does it look like a badge of some sort?
http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=10919863
Have you ruled the George Henry Thomas Little out? Hes the only hit coming up on Archway.
however there are 5x george littles
CWGC is Commonwealth War Graves Commission..However your man didnt die in service or of war effects in the qualifying period so he isnt in a CWGC plot.
Ady
I suggest you contact the local RSA were he is buried, and also Veterans Affairs New Zealand, the latter are responsible for all Returned Soldiers Cemeteries. In order for him to have been buried in a Soldiers Cemetery he would have to have had active service and these details would have had to be supplied to the department who would then authorise his internment there. These details would most likely have been supplied by the Returned Service's Association either through the next of kin or from there own records.
If you do not have any success within the next two weeks send me the details via pm of the soldier concerned and I will see what i can do.
Regards
Alan NZ
is this his probate record
http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=14765955
My guess is that he's in one of the 2 NZ companies in the Imperial Camel Corps
The man in the Photo is my late Father and there is a mystery around his military service. He is buried in a War Grave here in New Zealand, but there is no service number shown on his plaque.
Thanks in advance.
could you clarify the War Grave? Is it a CWGC war grave and what year did he pass away?
May I suggest you look at the site Sylvia suggested and you will get all the info you need on the Anzac's in the Middle East, the NZ forces served in Egypt from Feb 1915 repulsing an attack by the Turkish Forces on the Canal Zone, They were also involved against the Turks in Sinai and Palestine, They had mounted troops but I am not sure if it was camels they used, maybe the camels are just pack animals, later in 1915 they were shipped to Gallipoli, I suggest your pic is dated 1915.
We remember the Anzac Forces with gratitude on this day 11th November and at Cenotaphs throughout the UK on Sunday 14th.
James
ps. Welcome to Rootschat
