“In August 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany, and sent out a call to every part of the British Empire to aid her in defeating the Hun. The small colony of Fiji, far away in the South Pacific, rallied to the call. Many of the young men living and working in the colony were from Australia, New Zealand or Britain, and over 400 of them returned to their homelands and enlisted there, some leaving on the first boat after the announcement of the outbreak of war”. ~ Christine Liava’a, Fiji in World War I.
Among those that left Fiji to join the Australian army were those who born in Fiji and were of European descent.
Mapping our ANZACS
Screenshot of Mapping Our Anzacs (2010)
Mapping Our Anzacs is an interactive database managed by the National Archives of Australia. It features a searchable database of WWI service records.
Originally launched in 2008, the website has had a revamp and name change since I first posted this in 2010.
Discovering ANZACS
Screenshot of Mapping Our Anzacs (2015)
The National Archives of Australia in partnership with Archives New Zealand, has redeveloped this website.
Discovering Anzacs contains original records from:
- Australian Imperial Force
- Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
- Royal Australian Navy
- Australian Flying Corps
- Australian Army Nursing Service
- depot unit personnel
- official artists, photographers, war correspondents and historians such as CEW Bean
- internees
- munitions workers
- New Zealand Boer War service records.
You can browse and search Discovering Anzacs without registering. However you must register to contribute a story, photograph or other information, or help with transcription.
ANZACS from Fiji
Using the Advanced Search feature, you can search for Fiji in either “place of birth” or “place of enlistment”.
There are 120 people listed as being born in Fiji and 1 person listed for enlisting in Fiji.
List of people born in Fiji (incomplete)
Addis, Harry Percy
Bach, Frank Lee
Bailey, Richard Henry
Baillie, Lavinia
Bannister, Henry Keith
Barrack, Graburn Stanley
Beddows, Arthur Henry
Beddows, George John
Benjamin, Melton Henry
Berry, Christopher James
Berry, Horace Thurston
Berry, John Holton
Berry, Raymond Dudley
Berry, William
Blanch, William John
Bruun, Alice D’Arcy
Bundock, Leslie Henry
Burns, Arthur Mostyn
Burns, Crayton
Cave, Mylles Wyamarus
Cameron, Herbert Florance
Chapman, Arthur Bua
Clark, Robert Henry
Cocks, Robert
Collins, Malvern Brayton
Coutts, Alfred Alexander
Cusack, Sydney Francis
Davies, Alexander John
Dods, John Robert
Dods, Mark Robert
Dooley, Edward Theodore
Dufty, Colin Francis
Ellis, Charles
Ewins, Harold Egbert
Fairhall, Samuel Ferdinand
Fenner, Claude Lionel
Fenner, Norman Edgar
Fitzpatrick, William
Florian, Julian
Forster, Robert Campbell
Forth, Gilbert Francis Ogilvie
Gaut, Edgar William
Gaut, Oliver
Gough, George James
Grey, Frederick
Groom, Arthur
Groom, Edgar
Hall, George
Hansen, Alexander Ferguson
Harris, Leonard Ernest
Harris, Robert Frederick William
Harley, Frederic
Harley, Thomas
Hartley, William Allan
Hillhouse, Leslie William
Hope-Hawkins, Henry
Hopkins, David Kiatia
Hopkins, Leonard Walter
Hughes, Charles Melton
Huon, Louis de Kerillean
Jacka, John Victor
Jennison, Horton Joseph Barrowclough
Joyce, James Albert
Kaad, Christian
Kingston, Harry Eugene
Kopsen, Eric William
Langdale, Marmaduke Phillip
Leathley, Desmond Forde
Leathley, Forde
Lee, Vincent
Liardet, Victor George
Lindsay, Carlton Wallace Gladstone Stewart
Logan, Marcus William
Marrinon, Joseph Patrick Vidal
Michael, Ernest Augustine Mawbray
Mitchell, Stanley
Morieson, Ernest Stanley
Morieson, Ivan Francis
Morris, David Millar
Moss, Herbert George
Murray, Edgar
Nevin, William George
Ninnes, William Robert
Nolan, Howard Cecil
O’Donnell, Frank
Price, William Lindsay
Parsons, Hamilton
Pinkerton, Robert
Raymond, Roland Lionel
Robertson, George Robert
Ruddle, Charles Henry
Small, Arthur Frederick Burrows
Snape, Harry Macleay
Sutherland, Nathaniel Alexander
Swann, Frederick Herbert
Swann, James Butler Joseph
Walker, Alfred William
Walker, George Richard John
Warburton, Percival William
West, David Jewell
Wilson, Adam Rankine
Wilson, John
Wilson, Percival
Worrall, Norman
Wright, Edgar Alma Mark
Wright, George Augustus
Wright, Maitland
Other features
Discovering Anzacs is an interactive website that allows users to contribute photographs, stories and help with transcription.
Additionally, the website features files relating to the war experience both abroad and in Australia and New Zealand.
Using the simple search feature searching for Fiji – files relating to Fiji can be found (apart from records for a person), including personal stories.
Please visit Christine Liava’a website Fiji in World War I for the history of Fiji Soldiers in World War I.
Sources:
Liava’a, Christine. (n.d.). The 1st Fiji contingent. Retrieved from http://fiji.webs.com/
National Archives of Australia, Mapping our Anzacs. (http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/map.aspx?d=other). Author’s screenshot, 4 Aug 2014.
National Archives of Australia, Discovering Anzacs. (http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/). Author’s screenshot, 18 Mar 2015.
National Archives of Australia. (n.d.). Mapping our Anzacs. Retrieved from http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/default.aspx
National Archives of Australia and Archives New Zealand. (n.d.). Discovering Anzacs. Retrieved from http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/
If you would like to cite this post:
Stewart, Dulcie (2010-2015). ANZACS from Fiji, Fragmented Identities. Retrieved from https://fragmentedidentities.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/anzacs-from-fiji/
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