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CHIEF PRISON OFFICER FREDRICK NORMAN ELBOURNE LAID TO REST

The late CPO Fredrick Norman Elbourne was taken to his resting place at the Nasinu
Cemetry.


Police and Prisons spokesman, Fredrick Elbourne, was buried at the Nasinu Cemetery yesterday.

Government representatives, members of the Fiji Police Force and Fiji Prisons and Corrections Service, media personalities, friends, families and well-wishers gathered in numbers at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva to show their final respects. Delivering their eulogies, close family members said Mr Elbourne was a great family man who had so much for his family and children.

Former Permanent Secretary for Agriculture, who is now with the Fiji Prisons and Corrections Service, Peniasi Kunatuba said Mr Elbourne, was a man who was always prepared for challenges.

“He was someone who leaves the office very late and it was not unusual that Fred will be back before eight the next morning.” Mr Kunatuba said. He said Mr Elbourne was a hard worker and one who never backed out if anything was ever asked of him.

Mourners who came to bid their final respect had tears flowing as the late Mr Elbourne’s son cried out “Ta, Ta, Ta,” (Fijian word for father), during the service.

Mr Elbourne’s death came as a shock to the Fiji Police Force.

He became the spokesman for the Prisons Service and later the Fiji Police Force after the appointment of Brigadier-General Ioane Naivalurua as Police and Prisons Commissioner.

The late Mr Elbourne is survived by his wife, Sandra, and their three children.

Source: www.fijisun.com.fj