WALTER LESLIE DOUGLAS HARVIE (June 18, 1891 — May 24, 1969) Formed WLD Harvie Ltd, a construction company, in Lautoka in the late 1940s WLD Harvie Ltd took on the business of Ready gas in 1956, later to become Fiji Gas Company. By Lyndall Probert Fisher WALTER LESLIE DOUGLAS HARVIE was my grandfather. He was born in Auckland on 18th June, 1891. His father, Charles Edward Harvie, was born 9th October, 1865 in London and immigrated to NZ as a young man, where he married Caroline … [Read more...] about Walter Harvie
Fiji Fathers
Roger Probert
PROBERT, ROGER PARK ANDERSON (March 19, 1836 — February 05, 2016) Chairman, Fiji Gas Company Ltd Suva & Lautoka City Councillor President, Suva & Lautoka Chamber of Commerce President, Fiji Employers Consultative Association (now Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation) Chairman, Housing Authority of Fiji & other Government Bodies Vice Chairman Fiji Red Cross Society President Suva Rotary Club President Fiji Golf Club Order of Fiji for services to the community. By … [Read more...] about Roger Probert
William Gunn MacPherson
MACPHERSON, WILLIAM GUNN (June 18, 1836 — February 04, 1874) Sheep Station Manager Cotton Farmer Store Owner and Hotelier. By Robert H Barrack William Gunn MacPherson, my great grandfather, was the second son of Captain Ewen MacPherson and Catherine Gunn. My great great grandfather, then Captain Ewen Macpherson of the 78th Regiment, married Catherine Gunn on the 30th August 1827 in Colombo, Ceylon. Their first three daughters, Anne Brodie Catherine, Mary and Margaret and … [Read more...] about William Gunn MacPherson
Capt. William McGowan
McGOWAN, WILLIAM (July 07, 1838 — April 06, 1881) Ship's Master. At the maritime forefront during years of massacres and unrest, bankruptcy, upheaval and jousting for supremacy by Chiefs Maafu and Cakobau. By Robyn Mortimer William McGowan, ship’s captain operating out of Levuka in 1871, was born on the 7th of July, 1838 in the town of Ayr, in south west Scotland. I found only the one William McGowan born in that year, in that place, and he was the son of Captain William McGowan, … [Read more...] about Capt. William McGowan
Laurier Parham
PARHAM, WILFRID LAURIER (March 18, 1900 — November 13, 1942) Agricultural Officer, Dept of Agriculture, Fiji 1930-1942 2nd Lieutenant, Platoon Commander, Tailevu Company, Home Guard Commended for Introduction of Irrigation in the Central Division, Viti Levu By Phyllis Parham Reeve My father began keeping a journal in 1912. He was the same age as the century, and for him the most significant event of the year was the sinking of the Titanic. The pages are heavy with paste and … [Read more...] about Laurier Parham
Francis Faddy
FADDY, FRANCIS LEOPOLD (1889 — 1946) Enlisted, Second Fiji Contingent, 1915 World War I 1914-1918 Lieutenant, Kings Royal Rifles Corps Captain, 2/89 Punjabi Regiment Dairy Farmer, 'Vunibaka', Tailevu North By Jim Sanday Francis Leopold Faddy was Born October 1889 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia, the son of Dr William George Faddy and his wife Ruth nee Johnstone. Francis Faddy resided at Sigatoka, Fiji, working as a store assistant. Francis was the brother of Captain Norman … [Read more...] about Francis Faddy
Norman Faddy
FADDY, NORMAN WALTER MC (Bar) (1888 — 1934) Inspector of Plantations Enlisted, Second Fiji Contingent, 1915 World War I 1914-1918 Captain, Kings Royal Rifles Corps Dairy Farmer, 'Vunibaka', Tailevu North By Jim Sanday Norman Walter Faddy was the son of medical practitioner Doctor William Faddy of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, and his wife Ruth Harriett Johnston, an English lady, who was living with one of her sons in the Sigatoka Valley, Fiji, in the early 1900’s. He was brother to … [Read more...] about Norman Faddy
George Towson
TOWSON, GEORGE RICHARD BRODEDRIP (February 03, 1920 — February 23, 2012) Electrician Captain Royal Fiji Military Forces Warden Suva Gaol Superintendent Nasinu 9 Mile Approved School By Richard Towson. George Richard Brodedrip Towson, was born on February 3, 1920 in the remote (the only access in those times was by boat) settlement of Savusavu on the 2nd largest island in the Fiji Group of Islands, Vanua Levu. He grew up on a coconut plantation, Waibalabala, about an hour's trip by … [Read more...] about George Towson