EXCLUSIVE: Former SAS soldier turned filmmaker Tom Petch (The Patrol) is lining up a film about British-Fijian soldier Talaiasi ‘Laba’ Labalaba, who died at the Battle of Mirbat in Oman…
) and Michael Maloney , who will play former Brit Prime Minister Edward Heath, a character he recently played in Netflix’swith Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss.
Labalaba is well known in Fiji and in military circles but to this day remains little known among the general public. Calls have long been made for him to be awarded the Victoria Cross. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle unveiled a statue dedicated to the fallen soldier in 2018. “When the attack started, Laba ran to man a huge artillery gun which normally takes multiple men to handle. He fired it for hours and ultimately died holding off the insurgents. It’s no exaggeration to say that his heroic and remarkable act of bravery won the battle and played a key role in winning the Omani Civil War,” Petch told us.
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