Collected Episode 24: Acknowledging Indigenous Service

In 1945, a young Indigenous Australian solider recently released from a German prisoner-of-war camp sat to have his portrait painted by war artist, Stella Bowen. It was nearly 70 years before his identity was discovered. In Episode 24 of Collected, Louise Maher explores the work of the ‘ghost-hunters’ behind the Memorial’s Indigenous Defence List which acknowledges and honours the service of Indigenous Australian defence personnel.

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Presented by: Louise Maher

Produced by: Louise Maher

Interviewed:

Danusha Cubillo, Indigenous Research Officer on secondment from the Department of Defence

Garth O’Connell, Curator Military, Heraldry and Technology

Original music: Andy Heaney, Vice Like Grip

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