MM For Fijian Sergeant
p. 107 · Read in the full issue
IT was announced in Suva on July I that the Military Medal had been awarded to Sergeant Naikava Lagi, of the First Battalion, Fiji Infantry Regiment.
In March, Sergeant Lagi led two men in an outflanking movement of a terrorist look-out post. All four enemy occupying the post were killed. One was a Branch Commit tee member.
Sergeant Lagi, in seven months’ continuous operational service, has led his platoon in five successful operations accounting for the death of 11 terrorists. He is a veteran of the World War II Solomons cam paign, and was a member of the Colony’s Victory Contingent.
II Lieutenant Colonel R. A. Tinker, MC> MM retlring commanding Officer of Ist Battalion, Fiji Infan try Regiment, left Suva on July 15 for New Zealand.