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Category Archives: WW1
THE ELUSIVE JACK MILTON, WW1 AIF: A MYSTERY SOLVED
As a result of years of research Benita Parker has at last been able to solve one of the mysteries associated with Aboriginal war service. The case of Jack Milton of Karuah has long puzzled those attempting to identify Aboriginal … Continue reading
ABORIGINAL SERVICE AND WW1: 61 MORE VOLUNTEERS LOCATED
Since the publication in April 2018 of Edition Four of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander volunteers for the AIF: the Indigenous response to World War One, more names of Aboriginal volunteers have come to light, from various sources. These include … Continue reading
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UNPACKING ALF’S CRICKET CASE : THE STAFFORD FAMILY AND WORLD WAR 1
NOTE: Spaces for advertisements currently disrupt this post. I am upgrading my Word Press account to eliminate these and other advertisements which have begun to appear in posts. PS Michelle Flynn with her daughter, fourth and third from right Koori … Continue reading
ABORIGINAL MEN AT GALLIPOLI: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO ANZAC
The identification of Aboriginal men who are known to have served on Gallipoli has continued to grow from the 56 soldiers acknowledged in 2015. In 2018 the names of those who took part in the landing or arrived in the … Continue reading
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ABORIGINAL SERVICE IN WW1: 151 NAMES ADDED TO THE GROWING LIST OF AIF VOLUNTEERS
During the past two years we have been concentrating our efforts on expanding the number of known men of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage who volunteered to serve in the First World War. Below are the names of 151 … Continue reading
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ALFRED ‘TINY’ RYAN : THE BOXING SOLDIER
Bogan River Tribe 1898 from the family album of Charles Jepson Morris, courtesy of grandson Bert Morris. Collection of the Local History Room, Narromine Library. Alfred Ryan is the small boy seated on a log. Sometime after 1917 the remains … Continue reading
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UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS: THE REVEILLE LISTS AND ABORIGINAL MEN IN THE FIRST AIF
In 1931 and 1932, Reveille the journal of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia, (the predecessor of the Returned and Services League and referred to as the RSL) published lists of Aboriginal men who served in the … Continue reading
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IDENTIFIED! SOLDIER WHO LOST BOTH LEGS 1917
In June 2013 I posted a photograph of a member of the AIF in a group of patients from the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, City of London. The photograph was dated 4 April 1917. Close examination of this image shows that the … Continue reading
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ABORIGINAL OFFICERS IN THE FIRST AIF ?
In 2012 Andrea Gerrard of the University of Tasmania identified an officer of Aboriginal heritage in the first AIF. This serviceman was Alfred John Hearps who volunteered on 20 August 1914 and served with the 12th Battalion at Gallipoli and … Continue reading
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CHARLIE ALLEY LIGHT HORSEMAN: THE SERVICE TRADITION OF THE ALLEY FAMILY
Charlie Alley was born in Charters Towers, Queensland in 1901. His father also Charles came from the Malay Straits and his mother Fanny Palmer was born under a tree at Canobie station near Blackjack. During the World War One Charlie’s … Continue reading
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