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Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 September 1947Vol. XVIII, No. 2

Cart. Sanders Is Still

p. 82 · Read in the full issue

Doing An Army Job In Fiji

(Captain S. F. Sanders Mc (And

J Bar) retired from the Fiji Police Force last October, after 26 years’ service. He held, at the time the rank of Assistant Superintendent, but had been seconded at the beginning of World War II to the Fiji Military Forces and is, in fact, still with that Force, now as Officer Commanding, Heavy Artillery Mainten ance Section, FMF, Suva.

Captain Sanders joined the Fiji Con stabulary in 1921 after serving with the NZEF and the BEF in the First World War. In 1926, during the time of the Chinese labour disputes on Ocean Island, he had a tour of duty in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. He expected to retire to New Zealand last year but in stead. finds himself back in Suva, still doing an Army job.