Category Archives: WW1

ABORIGINAL SERVICE IN WORLD WAR ONE: 63 MORE AIF VOLUNTEERS NAMED.

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Indigenous Histories

Anzac march 2017, Canberra. Courtesy Enlightning Productions It is now ten years since the publication of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander volunteers for the AIF: the Indigenous response to World War One. This contained, as well as analysis and commentary, … Continue reading →

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WALTER PARKER, NEWLY IDENTIFIED BOER WAR SOLDIER: A TRIUMPH FOR FAMILY HISTORIAN

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Indigenous Histories

Section of the Australia National Boer War Memorial, Anzac Parade Canberra dedicated in 2017 Photo Ben Wrigley. https://www.bwm.org.au/ The upsurge in family history research in recent years has greatly assisted in the identification of the service of Aboriginal men in … Continue reading →

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THE ELUSIVE JACK MILTON, WW1 AIF: A MYSTERY SOLVED

Posted on November 14, 2020 by Indigenous Histories

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 →

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ABORIGINAL SERVICE AND WW1: 61 MORE VOLUNTEERS LOCATED

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Indigenous Histories

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 Indigenous Histories

Michelle Flynn with her daughter, fourth and third from right  Koori Mail 2014 Naidoc In 2014 Michelle Flynn entered and won a Canberra local radio competition – the prize a tour of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait … Continue reading →

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ABORIGINAL MEN AT GALLIPOLI: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO ANZAC

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Indigenous Histories

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 Indigenous Histories

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 Indigenous Histories

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 Indigenous Histories

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 Indigenous Histories

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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