Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 16 December 1946Vol. XVII, No. 5

Fiji Merchant Seamen Popular In Auckland

p. 30 · Read in the full issue

Page 3030

Typical merchant seamen of Fiji.—During World War II the Fijians, in addition to pro viding Britain with Labour Battalions, and some very good infantrymen, provided several crews of merchant seamen, who manned ships in the war zones. This party of 30 young Fijians, photographed at the Auckland Sailors’ Home, while on their way from Suva to Sydney, is typical of the Islanders who manned some important units of the Merchant Navy. Mr. J. L. Lomax, manager of the Sailors’ Home, writes: “These men stayed with us for 12 days, and their be haviour was excellent—gentlemen in every sense of the word."

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