Fathers brother

[christine847]

I have for sometime now trying to find out what happened to my fathers brother.
I have obtained a birth certificate.
I have a passport entry saying he sailed to Malta in 1926,he was born in 1924...but it all comes to a halt there.
I have phoned Valetta...they have no record of a death there
What can I do next?

[ironmonger]

Your question seems rather vague.
You do not give his name and as he was only two years old his family may have come back home or sailed further abroad.
If you give more details I am sure other ABs may have a go at tracing him.

[dot.hawkes]

i am a little confused with this, children did not have their own passports I don;t think, and travelled on the passport of their parent , guardian or institution.
If he sailed, aged 2, did he not travel with the family?
Did you actually look in the passport and read that he left the UK?
Have you checked passenger lists, including Bernardo lists, for the surname?
From the birth certificate, are his parents the same as your father's? If so, was your father born after the family returned to the UK? Or was your father born in malta?
Was your granbfather serving in the armed forces when the family left the UK? If so his regiment and number should be on the boy's birth certificate.
the records for the regiments based in malta in the 1920s will be with the Chaplins records, probably now at the National Archives at Kew.

[christine847]

Morning ironmonger and dot,my grandfathers name was Edward McKeown,he was in thr RAF.
His sons name is John Mckeown.
John travelled with his mother Dorothea McKeown,and my father,Maurice
Both Maurice and John were born in thr uk.
i will check chaplins records now
thanks for your help
Dot do you have ane EM addy I could contact you on?

[dot.hawkes]

RAF Hal Far was the first RAF base in malta and opened in 1927, it is likely this is where the family were stationed.
This is it's location:
http://www.maplandia.com/malta/hal-far/

The 402 Flight of the Fleet Air Arm were definately at Hal Far base in 1927.

[christine847]

Thanks Dot

[dot.hawkes]

I have a contact who is an amateur RAF historian and I have asked him to look for info on which Squadrons were on hal far base in the 1920s, I should have some info over the next few days.

[christine847]

Thanks Dot....much appreciated