Why Australia would be smart to recruit soldiers in the Pacific – a Fijian who served in the British Army explains
- Written by William Waqavakatoga, PhD candidate, University of Adelaide
Fiji has a track record of service to the British crown. Travel to Hereford, where the Special Air Service is based, and you will find a statue of Sergeant Talaiasi Labalaba, who was one of the 212 Fijians who joined the British Army in 1961 and gave his all in the 1972 Battle of Mirbat in Oman.
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