Awards and Decorations
Waqanisau received numerous civilian and military honours. He received the Fiji Independence Medal in 1970, when Fiji received its independence from the United Kingdom. The UNIFIL Peace Keeping Medal and the Multinational Force and Observers Medal (in 1978 and 1987, respectively) were for his contributions to peacekeeping in the Middle East.
He received the Fiji Republic Medal in 1988 and of the General Service Medal in 1989; these were followed by the Meritorious Service Decoration (MSD) in 1991. In 1995, he received the Fiji Independence Anniversary Medal, to commemorate 25 years of independence. He was made an Officer of the Order of Fiji (OF)-Military Division in 1997, and a Justice of the Peace (JP) in 2002.
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