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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wartime service - Memorial Box 3

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wartime service

Memorial Box 3

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people please be aware that this resource contains images and names of deceased persons.

Filled with real and replica uniforms, equipment and artefacts, this Memorial Box explores the unique wartime experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and their significant contribution to Australia’s defence over time.

For more information on the wartime service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, see For Country, For Nation and Anzac Diversity.

 

This Memorial Box contains many uniforms items and objects worn by Indigenous Australian service personnel.

What's in the Box?

aluminium cup

Aluminium cup

DPCU shirt

DPCU shirt

puttees

Puttees

jungle shirt

Jungle green shirt

plaque

Memorial plaque

shemagh

Shemagh

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William Reginald Rawlings

William Rawlings

Portrait of Murray

Harry Murray

Group portrait with Hodgekiss

Daniel Hodgekiss

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Douglas Grant

Portrait of Kirby

Richard Kirby

Portrait of David Paul

David Paul

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Portrait of Private David Harris, ART26277

Private, Gowrie House

Stella Bowen

ART26277
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Be deadly

Tony Albert

ART94987
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Kulatangku angakanyini manta munu Tjukurpa

Senior male artists, Anangu Pitjantjatjara

Yankunytjatjara Lands

2017.912.1
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Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion

Rosie Ware

ART96820
Informal portrait of Aboriginal serviceman, Private Samuel Alexandra Peacock Lovett and his niece Aircraftwoman Alice Lovett

Aircraftwoman Alice Lovett

P01651.003
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Private Alfred Coombs

P03906.001
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Private Joe Brown

P02756.001
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Sergeant Reg Saunders

057894
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Sharon Wunungmurra, NORFORCE

Tony Albert

P11437.003
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Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion

Norman Bradford Stuckey

119169

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Last updated: 2 December 2024

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