Wartime 76 - Spring 2016

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Defending Country Indigenous Service

Featured articles:

  • Why did they serve? by Mick Dodson and Siobhan McDonnell. Facing entrenched discrimination, why did black diggers still enlist?
  • The Fighting Gunditjmara by Lachlan Grant. Indigenous people have fought for country and for nation, from frontier wars to world wars.
  • Against the act by Philippa Scarlett. It may have been illegal, but many Indigenous men fought for their country in the First World War.
  • Under the Kaiser's crescent moon by Aaron Pegram. Indigenous Australians in an unlikely prisoner-of-war camp.
  • Identify and recognise by Michael Bell. Discovering stories of Indigenous service.
  • The Flying Bunyips by Garth O'Connell. An American squadron that recognised the support of the Aboriginal community.
  • Double Diamonds by Karl James. Australia's first commandos.
  • Charles Bean's vision realised by Ashley Ekins. The shaping of the Australian War Memorial.
  • Plus regular features including Reflections, Mail Call, and book reviews.

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In this issue

Three members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), confer with a North Korean interpreter (left) who is serving with the battalion. Saunders is second from the right, smoking a pipe.

The fighting Gunditjmara

Indigenous people have fought for Country and for nation, from frontier wars to world wars.

By Dr Lachlan Grant

Painting by Roy Hodgkinson, titled Americans and Aborigines.

The Flying Bunyips

An American squadron that recognised the support of the Aboriginal community.

By Garth O'Connell

Second World War 1939 - 1945
New Guinea Infantry Battalion troops on their way to attack the village of Gisananbu 1945

Fuzzy Wuzzies and Green Shadows

During the Second World War, Papua New Guineans played a crucial part in the fight against Japan

By Tristan Moss

Second World War 1939 - 1945