two members of the crew of the cruiser Black Prince. One of the Maori members, Lieutenant Hiki Kohere, of Rangitukia, is following in the footsteps of his father, the late Lieutenant Henare Kohere, who was a member of the New Zealand party which visited England for the Coronation of King Edward VII, in 1902. Lieutenant Henare Kohere was then a cadet at Te Aute College. Fourteen years later he was killed, while serving with the Maoris in France, in the First World War. Lieutenant Hiki Kohere hopes to visit his father's grave on the Somme, and to photograph it during his visit. One of the youngest members of the Coronation Contingent, 20-year-old Private Selwyn Bennett, is a member of a family which has given outstanding service to the Maori race and to New Zealand. He is the youngest son of the late Bishop F. A. Bennett, and seven of his brothers served in the New Zealand Forces during the Second World War. Probably the best-known of the brothers is Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Bennett, a former commander of the Maori Battalion, and now of the Department of Maori Affairs in Wellington. Selwyn Bennett in civilian life is a clerk at Rotorua. He was also chosen as the Contingent's photographer. He has taken a movie camera with him as well as the official “still” camera. It would be false to believe, however, that the other members of the Contingent are all pakehas. There seem to be quite a number with some Maori blood, and, in particular, it was interesting to meet Warrant Officer Fenton, an engineer from Waitara, who is partly Maori, and was chosen as representative of the 2nd Field Regiment. Not only is he going to Britain with the Contingent, but his brother, Captain Fenton, who was serving in Korea, has been chosen also. This is coincidence enough, but it is odder still that he has another brother, Major Fenton, who was chosen for the Victory Parade in 1946. From left to right: Private Katene, Lieutenant H. H. Kohere, Private S. Bennett.
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