Identification John Hardy/West

[Beg Clonrode...]

Death notice for John West [1970] sent by PM.

[Copy sent to Beg]....

... and it confirms I was on a wild goose chase.... bit of a nuisance :-)

Thanks Minnie

Regards
Beg

[minniehaha]

In this case a negative is a positive Beg. 


Minniehaha.

[Beg Clonrode...]

In this case a negative is a positive

Remind me not to let you near any electrical re-wiring work

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Hello today1...

...he had a whole album filled with photos taken in fiji...very old

Did it look as if the Fijian photos were taken during wartime. For what it's worth, it looks like the only NZ troops in Fiji were 3rd Division, 2 NZEF.

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I've asked about the uniform on a military forum. One forum member (Atilla) noted that...

[...] the collar badges are generic and typical of those worn by NZ Artillery and NZ Engineers

[...] the jacket is not a battle dress as they did not have brass buttons or collar badges. As such it is likely to be the old style Service Dress jacket which was commonly issued to home service troops during WW2.

[...] If I were to take a guess I would say [he was] Home service Artillery/Coastal defence.

In reply #57 you said...

What I will do, is take a copy of the photo and with an explanation letter send it in to the army personnel records people and see what they may be able to come up ....last i heard it was years wait

I reckon that's the best course of action until another avenue presents itself.

If you don't have it, here is the NZDF info link with postal details...

General enquiries about other medals awarded to you or a family member
http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/info/forms.html#gen

The reason I'm giving a Medals link is that the Home Service were eligible for the NZ War Medal. There seem to be no surviving nominal rolls of the Home Guard so medal recipients seems like the best (only?) option. Hopefully John HARDY was eligible for and claimed his medal.

Print out the photo and give the "known" info (e.g John HARDY of Petone, Home Guard, died 29 Nov 1966).

The link says turnaround is four months so there's no time like the present to get doing :-)

Regards
Beg

[minniehaha]

In this case a negative is a positive

Remind me not to let you near any electrical re-wiring work


Thanks for that Beg. However I must admit there have been times when I have had my wires crossed on Rootschat.......   

Minniehaha.

[today1]

In this case a negative is a positive

Remind me not to let you near any electrical re-wiring work

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Hello today1...

...he had a whole album filled with photos taken in fiji...very old

Did it look as if the Fijian photos were taken during wartime. For what it's worth, it looks like the only NZ troops in Fiji were 3rd Division, 2 NZEF.

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I've asked about the uniform on a military forum. One forum member (Atilla) noted that...

[...] the collar badges are generic and typical of those worn by NZ Artillery and NZ Engineers

[...] the jacket is not a battle dress as they did not have brass buttons or collar badges. As such it is likely to be the old style Service Dress jacket which was commonly issued to home service troops during WW2.

[...] If I were to take a guess I would say [he was] Home service Artillery/Coastal defence.

In reply #57 you said...

What I will do, is take a copy of the photo and with an explanation letter send it in to the army personnel records people and see what they may be able to come up ....last i heard it was years wait

I reckon that's the best course of action until another avenue presents itself.

If you don't have it, here is the NZDF info link with postal details...

General enquiries about other medals awarded to you or a family member
http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/info/forms.html#gen

The reason I'm giving a Medals link is that the Home Service were eligible for the NZ War Medal. There seem to be no surviving nominal rolls of the Home Guard so medal recipients seems like the best (only?) option. Hopefully John HARDY was eligible for and claimed his medal.

Print out the photo and give the "known" info (e.g John HARDY of Petone, Home Guard, died 29 Nov 1966).

The link says turnaround is four months so there's no time like the present to get doing :-)

Regards
Beg

Thank you Beg, the fiji info is really interesting and I am doing some looking around on the internet in that area, for british/aust/nz troops there during WW1, I could be mistaken however seems to me the photos were pre 1940s.  I recall when i ordered my fathers records I emailed them, so I have sent off the photos and all the available information I have with a further explanation including the fiji possibility and we will see what comes back.  Will post on here what or whether anything has come of it.  In appreciation to yourself and others.   

[spades]

Moderator comment: Could I ask that people refrain from using quotes-within-quotes as doing so makes the post very hard to read and any new information difficult to see.

It is best to refer to previous information by referring to the reply number, i.e. 'In response to Reply#5...'

Spades

[today1]

In response to reply 77.   I guess you mean what i did above and yes, got it

[Janette]

In this case a negative is a positive

Remind me not to let you near any electrical re-wiring work


Thanks for that Beg. However I must admit there have been times when I have had my wires crossed on Rootschat.......   

Minniehaha.

Hahahaha haven't we all