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The Past
Two Gilbert and Ellice is landers have recently received unexpected gifts of wrist watches from a former American service man who found he was unable to forget.
The American, Mr. Felix Fox, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, wrote to the Resident Commissioner, GEIC, that he had been in charge of GEIC labour during World War 11, under the command of Colonel Fox-Strangway. He added, “Many times my thoughts go back to those days and it makes me feel happy to recall the loyalty and devotion of the Gilbertese and Ellice. Two of them particularly stand out in my memory, losefa and Peter Kanere. Will you please send on to them watches I am enclos ing”. losefa Lameko, BEM, is these days Headmaster of the Ocean Island Primary School, and Peter Kanere Koru lives on Tabiteuea.
The Colony Information Notes commented: “Mr. Fox’s generous gesture is a reminder of the firm bonds uniting these old wartime friends, and at the same time reflects great credit on losefa and Peter, held in such regard after over twenty years.”