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CASHMORE and SINEL soldiers Posted 16 January , 2007 Dr N M Leys, who is possibly her father, or maybe a brother, can be found on the Internet. - Fijian Infantry - Soldiers and their units - Great War ForumIn WW2, there was a Fijian Infantry Regiment -- Wikipedia has '1st Battalion, Fiji Infantry Regiment: The 1st Battalion was originally raised in response to the request by the US Forces deployed in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War for operations in the Solomon Islands. The Battalion left Fiji in 1943 and saw action in Guadalcanal ...
- 2/7th Hampshire Regiment - Great War ForumMy father (born 1892) was also in the 2/7th. He never talked much about the war service but he did say that his unit spent time training and being kept in reserve. Kitchener had a concept of keeping troops back for the period after the war. My father was from the Shetland Islands and I have no idea why he would be with the Hampshires.
- Fiji Islanders - Soldiers and their units - Great War ForumAge 28. Son of the late Thomas and Fanny Ann Williams, of Wanganui, New Zealand. Enlisted in the Fiji Islands, 1914. Born at Timaru, New Zealand. WILSON, Rifleman, ARTHUR MATTHEW, R/10191. 4th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. 8th May 1915. Age 31. Son of Matthew and Ann Wilson, of Fiji Islands. Born at Levuka, Fiji Islands.
- A stray Scot - Cemeteries and memorials - Great War ForumI recently visited Sydney, Australia, and photographed the grave of one of my Fiji men, who originally came from Carrington Parish, Scotland Is there any memorial for him in Scotland? Dugald Braidwood Wilson Bathgate born Carrington Parish, Midlothian, Scotland educated Temple School, Midlothian,...
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