THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION - UK is dedicated to creating the ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL GROVE at the NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM which will commemorate the men and women who sadly lost their lives whilst serving with ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES during World War 2 and in the Conflicts since.

TALAIASI LABALABA
	Sgt. Talaiasi Labalaba - BEM & MiD B Squadron 22nd. Special Air Service Regiment. 17th. July 1972 We remember Laba who fell mortally wounded in the Gun Pit at Mirbat in southern Oman during the Dhofar Insurgency Campaign whilst defending the town from an invasion of nearly 400 communist insurgents. Laba repeatedly loaded the 25 Pounder and kept firing over open sights until a bullet struck him in the neck. His action and that of the other members of the B Squadron BATT team kept the Adoo pinned at the Towns perimeter defences whilst a relief force from G Squadron was on the way by helicopter from Salalah. We support the campaign to recognise this action for an award of the Victoria Cross! We thank a relative for use of an original photograph!

"They shall not grow old as we are left to grow old, Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them."

TALAIASI LABALABA