 7-3.Ratu Keni served with The Fiji Labour Detachment in France in the First World War and was a decorated soldier; his good friend who won the French medal of honour was Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna At the end of the war they toured Europe playing the steel guitar and singing in cafes before returning home to help build their nation.Ratu Sukuna went on to become known as the modern founding father of the Fiji Islands and Fiji's first Lawyer, while Ratu Keni served 40 years in the civil service some of that time was also spent in Dunedin, New Zealand in a working capacity representing Fiji, he died at age 77 and was buried in Suva.