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Category Archives: WW1
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
Posted in Other non white Australians and the AIF, WW1, WW2
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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
Posted in Uncategorized, WW1
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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
Posted in WW1, WW2
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FOUND: PHOTOGRAPH OF FREDERICK PRENTICE 1915
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
Posted in Aborigines sport, WW1
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ABORIGINAL WOMEN ON THE HOME FRONT: WORLD WAR ONE
While the experience of Aboriginal men in the AIF is receiving increasing attention the experience of their families – particularly wives, mothers and sisters on the home front has to date been relatively neglected. Aboriginal women’s stories are in many … Continue reading
FINDING FREDERICK PRENTICE
Frederick Prentice MM died in Katherine, Northern Territory on 22 November 1957 unknown and without family or friends. Using the fact that Prentice had told a fellow worker that he had served in World War One, the Acting Superintendent of … Continue reading
Posted in WW1
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MORE ABORIGINAL MEN AT GALLIPOLI
The list of men of Aboriginal descent who served and in some cases lost their lives at Gallipoli, compiled by David Huggonson and posted on 29 March 2014, contains the names of 32 men. A further name was added after … Continue reading
Posted in WW1
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SOUGHT: KEVIN GILBERT, ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS AND THE WAR OF INVASION
Kevin Gilbert Courtesy Fairfax Press In early September 1991 Kevin Gilbert was photographed by Richard Briggs against the background of the Australian War Memorial. He carries a cross in almost Christ like manner as he walks towards Anzac Parade. However it … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, WW1, WW2
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JACK ALICK BOND: BOER WAR ABORIGINAL SOLDIER
Research earlier this year by Hamilton historian Peter Bakker has located another Aboriginal man who fought in the Boer war. Bakker has found that Jack Alick was in the pre-Federation New South Wales First Australian Horse and has also been … Continue reading
Posted in BOER WAR, WW1
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NON WHITE AUSTRALIANS AND THE AIF
Arthur Malcolm Quong Tart, Brisbane, 1917. Courtesy Lois McEvoy The public image of the men of the first AIF given currency by Charles Bean, the editor of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 and author of some of its volumes, was … Continue reading
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