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	Sefanaia Sukanaivalu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sefanaia Sukanaivalu was a Rhodesian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
		Born on Yathata Island, Fiji, Sukanaivalu was 26, and a Corporal in the Fijian Infantry Regiment during the Second World War, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		Sukanaivalu is buried at Bitapaka War Graves Commission Cemetery, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
	factsite.co.uk /en/wikipedia/s/se/sefanaia_sukanaivalu.html (192 words)

	Sefanaia Sukanaivalu - TheBestLinks.com - British, Japan, June 23, Papua New Guinea, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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		Sefanaia Sukanaivalu was a Fijian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Sefanaia_Sukanaivalu.html (250 words)

	Victoria Cross Reference - Message Forum - Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu VC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cpl Sukanaivalu was killed in action on Bougainville in 1944.
		Ratu Epeli asked the GCC to consider a plan to exhume the remains of fallen hero Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu and bring it back home to be buried at the complex.
		Cpl Sukanaivalu was awarded the Victoria Cross after he single-handedly contained the enemy while other soldiers retreated to safety on Bougainville in World War Two.
	www.chapter-one.com /forum_topic.asp?topics=30&tid=1442 (386 words)

	RFMF: News: JUNE 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The residents of Sukanaivalu road also lined the streets in a guard of honor as the funeral marched past.
		Corporal Sukanaivalu died on June 25, 1944 when his platoon was ambushed by a larger Japanese force.
		Corporal Sukanaivalu was indeed a son of Fiji and a true infanteer to the bone.
	www.rfmf.mil.fj /news_archive/news200406.html (1755 words)

	Viewpoint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		THE remains of the only Pacific Islander to be awarded a Victoria Cross (VC) would be flown home to Fiji to be laid in a war memorial.
		Sefanaia Sukanaivalu — one of only 1355 soldiers in the world to be awarded the medal for acts of valour in the face of the enemy — is buried at the Bitapaka War Memorial in East New Britain.
		That’s when the remains of Corporal Sukanaivalu will be transferred and enshrined so that it’s part of the central part of the National War Memorial,” Mr Kotobalavu said.
	www.postcourier.com.pg /20050829/news08.htm (301 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Black Hero -- Dec. 25, 1944
		One whom troops of the U.S. XIV Army Corps will long remember was Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu.
		Among the Allied casualties was Sefanaia, who had rescued two wounded men before he went down.
		From the XIV Corps came word last week that a Victoria Cross had gone posthumously to Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,791755,00.html (360 words)

	PM's Address at Official welcome for Sir Michael Somare - Fiji Government Online
		Mrs Sotutu and the children were smuggled to safety in a submarine in 1943.
		The following year Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu, was awarded the Victoria Cross for giving his life at Bougainville to save his fellow soldiers.
		The ceremonies for the completion of that Memorial next year, will be an emotional and historic moment for Fiji.
	www.fiji.gov.fj /publish/printer_5298.shtml (973 words)

	Papua New Guinea Rugby League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		MARIKA Koroivue saved the Nabua Broncos as his two-try effort gave the Fiji National Rugby League leaders a 32-24 win over Makoi Bulldogs at Sukanaivalu grounds in Suva on Saturday.
		What many expected would be a pushover for the Broncos, the hosts found the Blues tough.
		THE Coral Coast Cowboys have taken the lead on the Fiji National Rugby League competition points table after their upset, 13-8 win Broncos at Sukanaivalu ground on Saturday.
	www.rleague.com /nations/png/news/index.php?next=10 (3928 words)

	Fiji military's chance for redemption
		It was the latest in a still-running legal process following the May 2000 coup in which now jailed traitor George Speight and members of the RFMF's Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit seized the government of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, holding them hostage for 56 days.
		The RFMF was born during World War II and fought the Japanese in the Solomon Islands campaign -- winning a reputation for their military skills and bravery summed up in a posthumous Victoria Cross for Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu.
		Three years ago the RFMF ended a 25-year tour of duty with the UN in Lebanon, a mission that cost 32 soldiers their lives.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1289033/posts (508 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Barnet Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Indian personnel received 4,000 awards for gallantry, and 31 VCs.
		The only VC winner from elsewhere in the Empire was Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu, of the Fiji Military Forces, who earned this highest of all commendations in June 1944, at Bougainville.
		If anyone knows someone who may be willing to meet museum staff, or lend artefacts from the Second World War, call education officer Adele Silk at Redbridge Museum on 8708 2317.
	www.barnettimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=548806 (377 words)

	Thursday - Jun 23, 2005 - Fiji Government Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Republic of Fiji Military Forces yesterday celebrated Infantry Day to commemorate the life of the late Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu, the first recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Solomon campaign in World War II.
		Cpl Sukanaivalu received Britain’s highest medal of valour after sacrificing his life to save his platoon from an ambush.
		To mark the auspicious day, all infanteers from the Suva unit took part in the tactical route march up to Mt Nakobalevu where they spent the evening in tactical formations.
	www.fiji.gov.fj /cgi-bin/cms/exec/view.cgi/67/4845/printer (514 words)

	CHAPTER 10 Fiji Units in Action \| NZETC
		When the company's leading scouts were hit, other men were wounded in abortive attempts to rescue them.
		Two of the wounded were rescued by Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu, who in going back a third time was himself seriously wounded in making that perilous journey.
		Attempts at rescue only resulted in further casualties, and the Fijian NCO called to his men to leave him where he was.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Paci-c10.html (10687 words)

	Pacific Islands: PINA and Pacific
		The only Fijian soldier ever to be awarded a Victoria Cross is to have his remains brought back from Papua New Guinea and buried at a new National War Memorial in Suva.
		Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu was posthumously given the highest award for exceptional bravery for trying to save the lives of his fellow soldiers in a battle against the Japanese on Bougainville during the second world war.
		He has been buried at the Pitapaka Commonwealth War Cemetery near Rabaul next to thousands of other Commonwealth soldiers since the war.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=16611 (538 words)

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