The Germans occasionally banished ‘ troublesome ’ Samoan matai to islands in the western Pacific . These men were often accompanied by family and supporters who served their leaders and endured years of enforced captivity .
John Fatu Aiono Frost , of Fasito ’ outa , set the Germans a different example of self-sacrifice and service when he volunteered to accompany one of their own number into a long period of imprisonment on the outbreak of the First World War .
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