Buuxi weedha soo socota: Wiil wadaad ah oo ka soo jeeda Lincolnshire Wolds, Garvey waxaa lagu aqbalay deeq waxbarasho oo loo yaqaan 'choral scholarship' oo loo yaqaan 'Trent College' (Long Eaton) halkaas oo uu wax ku bartay 1916 ilaa 1923. Kadib wuxuu galay Emmanuel College ee Jaamacadda Cambridge, halkaas oo uu ku bartay taariikhda oo uu ka qalin jabiyay B.A. cilmiga aadanaha, isagoo isku diyaarinaya inuu qaato imtixaanka shaqaalaha rayidka ah, isagoo rajeynaya inuu ku biiro Adeegga Madaniga ah ee Hindiya. Wuxuu ku lug yeeshay burburinta
1926-kii, mana helin waqti uu ku barto imtixaankaas, halkii uu ka dalbaday booska Adeegga Gumeysiga. Waxa uu aqbalay boos ka mid ah Ilaalada Jasiiradaha Solomon, wuxuuna ka soo shiraacday Southampton kuna sii jeeday Fiji bishii Nofeembar 1926.