Death Of Fijian Airman
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In England
AFTER many months of illness, follow ing an attack of pleurisy, Ratu Dovi Komaisavai, RAF, died in England on October 19.
Ratu Dovi went to school at Toorak Boys’ School and Queen Victoria School, in Fiji, and later went to New Zealand, where he was a pupil at Wanganui Tech nical College. He matriculated in 1939, and in 1940 he joined the Lands Depart ment in Fiji, as a cadet.
When volunteers were called for the first Fiji RAF contingent, Ratu Dovi was among those selected, and he left for England in 1941. He was the only repre sentative of his race in the Royal Air Force, and letters from British people who met him showed that he was popu lar with his fellow-airmen.
Early this year he contracted pleurisy.
From advices received in Fiji it seemed that he had made a good recovery, but complications ensued later, and for the past few months he had been dangerously ill.
Ratu Dovi was the son of Ratu Eave naca Komaisavai and Adi Miriama Loatuicama. On his mother’s side he was a descendant of Ratu Cakobau. His paternal grandfather was one of the Chiefs who signed the Deed of Cession in 1874.