Raivoce recalls proud independence day moment in 1970

Retired Colonel Sakiusa Raivoce says it was a proud moment for him to be one of the guards that was at Albert Park for the official independence ceremony for Fiji on 10th October 1970.

Raivoce says he has not seen a crowd of that size at Albert Park since that day as many showed up to see the Fijian flag for the first time.

Raivoce is one of people that received commemorative medals for Fiji’s 50th Anniversary of Independence.

He was in the RFMF for over 33 years before he left to join the United Nations.

Raivoce says he also spearheaded the recruitment of our men and women in the British Army in 1988 when he was in Scotland.

He says now more than 3,500 of our people are in the British Army.

Raivoce says he then came back to Fiji to start the security company Global Risk.

He says the hallmark of his career was being the ADC or aide to the late President and Tui Cakau Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau.