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Lelean Memorial School

Fijian school

Field	Value
name	Lelean Memorial School
principal	Napolioni Silatolu
motto	Seek Wisdom and Spiritual Understanding
established	1942; years ago
type	Co-ed, boarding & day students, Methodist Church
location	Nausori, Fiji
colors	Navy blue, royal blue, sky blue, white
nickname	Korodredre, Davuilevu Sukulu, Lelean Knights, Blues, Home of the Brave
website	www.leleanmemorialschool.com

Lelean Memorial School was established on March 3, 1943 and is run by the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma. It is co-located at the Davuilevu Methodist Compound with the Davuilevu Theological College and the Young People's Department, which runs training for Methodist catechists.

The school is named for Charles Oswald Lelean (d. 14 September 1942), who was a Methodist missionary in Fiji for 34 years.

In 2017, 200 students in Year 9 were displaced when a fire destroyed five classrooms at the campus.

In 2022, Lelean had 1,200 students in 29 classrooms. In 2025, 1,500 of the school's cadets participated in a parade in Suva.

Rugby

Lelean has won the coveted Deans Trophy for the FSSRU Under-19 competition 14 times, and has drawn five times since it entered the competition in the mid-1940s. Lelean last held the Deans Trophy in 2014. Their previous victory in the Fiji secondary schools' competition was in 2010, having also won it in 2009.

Notable alumni

Government

Pita Nacuva - former speaker of the House of Representatives
Mitieli Bulanauca - former senator
Sailosi Kepa - former high court judge and attorney general
Pita Nacuva - former ambassador to USA and Canada
Viliame Navoka - former consul general, Sydney, Australia
Jjoji Kotobalavu - former ambassador to Japan, Permanent Secretary to the Prime Minister, later CEO, Prime Minister's Office
Joeli Nabuka - Member of Parliament
Jone Usamate - Minister for Employment Opportunities, Productivity and Industrial Relations, Fiji First Government
Semi Koroilavesau - Minister for Fisheries, Fiji First Government
Timoci Lesikivatukoula Natuva - former Minister for Defence, Fiji First Government
Sakiasi Ditoka - Minister for Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management

Sports

Seremaia Bai
Waisea Daveta
Apisai Domolailai
Ravai Fatiaki
Saiasi Fuli
Sailosi Kepa
Iliesa Keresoni
Tevita Kuridrani - Australia
Fero Lasagavibau
Eroni Mawi
Pita Nacuva
Napolioni Nalaga
Sireli Naqelevuki
Eparama Navale
Akapusi Qera
Alipate Ratini
Joe Ravouvou
Joe Rika
Apolosi Satala
Manasa Saulo
Waisale Serevi
Metuisela Talebula
Dale Tonawai
Suliasi Vunivalu - Melbourne Storm

Other

Paula Niukula - 9th President of the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma. First Fijian Principal of the Davuilevu Theological College. First Masters recipient of the University of the South Pacific. Founder of the Fiji Council of Churches Research Group which evolved into ECREA - Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy.
Jimione Samisoni
Apenisa Kurisaqila - former national health minister

References

Colin George, History, Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW. Awarded by, University of New South Wales – Australian Defence Force Academy. School of History, 2000. Raicakacaka,'walking the road' from colonial to post-colonial mission, the life, work and thought of the Reverend Dr. Alan Richard Tippett, Methodist missionary in Fiji, anthropologist and missiologist, 1911-1988.
Garret, John, To live among the stars, Institute of the Pacific Studies; 1985
Baleiwaqa, Tevita, 1996, ‘Josua Mateinaniu/Ko Josua Mateinaniu’, in Thornley and Vulaono 1996:20–30
Kanailagi, Tomasi, 1996, ‘The Life and Work of Rev John Hunt/Ko Jione Oniti’, in Thornley and Vulaono 1996.
Meo, Jovili, 1966, ‘Methodist Education/Na Vuli e na Lotu Wesele’, in Thornley and Vulaono 1996:160–76.
Thornley, Andrew, and Tauga Vulaono, 1996, Mai Kea Ki Vei: Stories of Methodism in Fiji and Rotuma, 1835–1995, Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma.

References

Toganivalu, Pita. (August 14, 2025). "1,500 students participate in Lelean Cadet Passout".
"Site coming soon.".
Laddpeter, Meli. (2022-03-29). "Back in history: Lelean marks golden jubilee".
"Sep 15, 1942, page 5 - The Age at Newspapers.com™".
fijivillage. "Five classrooms at Lelean Memorial School destroyed in fire".
"Lelean makes Dean history - Fiji Times Online".
"Lelean sing the blues - Fiji Times Online".
"A beloved son of Fiji". [[Fiji Times]].
"RURAL VOTERS {{!}} Fiji Sun".
"Sailosi Kepa - Teivovo.com".
"Ravai Fatiaki".

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