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More Decorations For Fijian Frooops in Malaya
lURTHER high awards to men E of the Fiji Military Forces in I Malaya were announced in Sober. They include: Military Cross.—Lieutenant Livai
feilivata.
Military Medal.—Corporal Alipate kau.
British Empire Medal. —WO (II) ißetham.
Mentioned in Dispatches—Major W. R. Petersen, Staff Sergeant la Vakaciwa, Sergeant Penijamini ;ku Matelevuka, Corporal Apisai evo. fhe Military Cross citation re red to Lieutenant Livai’s brave, rressive leadership when his itoon was ambushed by Com inist terrorists in Johore last ly. It added that his leadership s a factor in the success of the ian battalion in Malaya. i New Zealand report on Oc >er 25 stated that Lieutenant lonel H. J. G. Low, who relin ked command of the Fijian ops to Lieutenant-Colonel Ratu aaia Ganilau on October 1, has in appointed Brigade Major of Ist Infantry Brigade, Auckland, lonel Low, who served with the i Military Forces on loan from : New Zealand Army, visited Fiji October with his wife and their ee children. n Malaya the Fijian Rugby team itinued its astonishing run of cesses in October. The Fijians it South Johore 70-3, Royal Air •ce Seletar and Changi 69-6, pal Electrical Mechanical Sn eers 49-3 and, starting a northern r, Kedah State 44-6.