Category Archives: WW1

ABORIGINAL SERVICE AND WW1: 61 MORE VOLUNTEERS LOCATED

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

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

Posted on June 17, 2019 by

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 →

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ABORIGINAL MEN AT GALLIPOLI: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO ANZAC

Posted on April 25, 2018 by

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

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

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

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

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

Posted on March 29, 2016 by

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

Posted on December 7, 2015 by

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 ?

Posted on November 3, 2015 by

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

Posted on April 15, 2015 by

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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FOUND: PHOTOGRAPH OF FREDERICK PRENTICE 1915

Posted on December 25, 2014 by

  More research and a confluence of information has made it possible to identify a photograph of an Aboriginal World War One soldier in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. This until recently was captioned ‘unknown’ but is now … Continue reading →

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