tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post5950747298021723199..comments2024-03-29T16:49:36.066+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Reginald Fitt's World War I certificateTimespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-36650299280032659992014-04-15T16:38:40.996+12:002014-04-15T16:38:40.996+12:00Thanks for that -- explains why the certificate wa...Thanks for that -- explains why the certificate was in St Judes Street. Ta!Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-34758043397808864462014-04-15T14:46:08.617+12:002014-04-15T14:46:08.617+12:00Hi there Reginald William Fitt was my grandfather ...Hi there Reginald William Fitt was my grandfather who died in an accident before I was born. His sister lived in St Jude Street. It was great that you rescued his war certificate. I am thinking about him especially with ANZAC Day coming up. Regards, DeborahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-73405405089508490012014-04-15T14:41:51.869+12:002014-04-15T14:41:51.869+12:00Hello Reginald William Fitt was my grandfather who...Hello Reginald William Fitt was my grandfather who died by accidental death before I was born. His sister lived in St Jude Street.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907549537817395217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-21445071683957134462010-02-15T17:43:50.864+13:002010-02-15T17:43:50.864+13:00Cool stuff, Sandy. Cheers!Cool stuff, Sandy. Cheers!Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-87720717635983104452010-02-15T16:51:28.652+13:002010-02-15T16:51:28.652+13:00Tempted i am! I've got so much stuff to resea...Tempted i am! I've got so much stuff to research here before i upload on my own blog though, and to flickr i don't know if i'd do it justice! I'm creating a monster for myself with my hobby for sure, but i'll keep Mr Fitt in the back of my mind incase i can slot more of his story in to research :-)Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-11478754862443279342010-02-14T21:51:27.165+13:002010-02-14T21:51:27.165+13:00Hi Sandy,
Feel free to put together some of your ...Hi Sandy,<br /><br />Feel free to put together some of your research on the Fitt family -- I'd be only too willing to post it in the blog with your credit.<br /><br />I did try copy/paste into a new browser window this afternoon, because I saw your links weren't live. I can see one of them now, though.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-59150879745539230812010-02-14T21:47:43.222+13:002010-02-14T21:47:43.222+13:00Grr how annoying. I don't know why they don&#...Grr how annoying. I don't know why they don't appear as a hyperlink. They work if you copy and paste in to new browser.<br /><br />Yes i searched without his middle name. I think his family would be interesting to research more, especially as his grandfather was John FITT, sometime Mayor of Parnell and involved in the Maori wars.<br /><br />There's a couple of links to Magisterial Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-55949663563068096352010-02-14T20:15:27.444+13:002010-02-14T20:15:27.444+13:00Cheers, Sandy. I'll hunt up those Papers Past ...Cheers, Sandy. I'll hunt up those Papers Past references sometime a little later as well. Your links didn't work, so -- I take it you did a search for Fitt?Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-18253782709840752512010-02-14T20:12:47.753+13:002010-02-14T20:12:47.753+13:00Well how interesting! LOL the one i didn't th...Well how interesting! LOL the one i didn't think of to look at *rolls eyes* and the one i've spent many hours in!!! Terrific!<br /><br />Re Cenotaph yes indeed he does... i saw that - Cenotaph is up on a tab on my computer constantly - i've sent dozens of photos in [many to still be attached] - i get a gentle chiding for keeping my workmates busy LOL! :-) and today is no different..Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-35746318692437454832010-02-14T16:59:42.092+13:002010-02-14T16:59:42.092+13:00Following on from your comment, Sandy: he turns up...Following on from your comment, Sandy: he turns up at Waikumete Cemetery here in Auckland -- buried there 10 October 1950. At that stage, his occupation was given as tally clerk.<br /><br />The Auckland Museum's Centotaph database lists him as well.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-44121481658632267182010-02-14T13:39:02.474+13:002010-02-14T13:39:02.474+13:00I don't know if you trawl Paperspast [via Nat ...I don't know if you trawl Paperspast [via Nat Lib. NZ website but there's a nice wee article here from the Poverty Bay Herald in 1917: http://tinyurl.com/yfej2fn<br /><br />His draft is also mentioned in the paper 24 July 1915 here: http://tinyurl.com/yz8pw9s<br /><br />There is a Reginald William FITT dying aged 55 on 8 October 1950 death register entry 1950/30964 [gleaned from Dept Int.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-90557227492901298112010-02-14T13:20:54.958+13:002010-02-14T13:20:54.958+13:00What a lovely little gem to find and, thankfully, ...What a lovely little gem to find and, thankfully, save from the weather!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851305238478213940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-11685454038151026862010-02-14T13:09:10.970+13:002010-02-14T13:09:10.970+13:00This is FABULOUS! I love reading of things being ...This is FABULOUS! I love reading of things being saved. Especially precious documentation :-))))<br /><br />Not only that...it is what the certificate REPRESENTS...Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.com