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Black Diggers

Photograph features several Aboriginal soldiers - believed to include Willie Allen 50246 Glen Combarngo 50248 Herbert Roberts 50265 Patrick Brady 50271 John Lewis 50276 Harry Roberts 50278 and Alexander Stanley 50280 No further details on which names matches which soldier

State Library of Queensland Black Diggers Webinar

Until recently, few Australians were aware that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people served in…

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Woman standing in front of Queensland Stories display in Post 1945 Gallery at Anzac Square Memorial Galleries

George Bostock: Black Digger in Service and on Stage

George Bostock is featured in the Anzac Square Memorial Galleries Post 1945 gallery as part…

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Charles Turner Bird # 6709

Attestation Form, Front Page. Charles Turner Bird is my Great Uncle and was born at…

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Queensland's Aboriginal Brothers in Arms in AIF

Blackman Brothers - Charles, Alfred and Thomas. A recent blog post identified two Aboriginal brothers…

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Two new Aboriginal soldiers from Freestone!

Gladstone Observer online news article, 11 November 2015. Thanks to some great detective work from…

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Researching Indigenous Soldiers in WW1

Harry Doyle, page 26 Queenslander, 8 September 1917. It is estimated that 1,200 Aboriginal and…

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