Fighters From The Fringe

Author: HALL ROBERT A.

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Price : $55.00 NZD
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ISBN : 9780855752866
Publisher : Aboriginal Studies Press
Imprint : Aboriginal Studies Press
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Weight (g) : 0.61
Publication date : 01 January 1995
Dimensions : 250mm X 175mm X 19mm
Produced in : Australia
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Author : HALL ROBERT A.
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Dewey classification : 940.5315039915
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Pages : 226
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Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people served their country during the Second World War and this book focuses on the experiences of six: Oodgeroo Noonuccal was a wireless operator whose brothers were prisoners of war; Reg Saunders served in Greece and New Guinea, as the first Aboriginal officer in the Australian Army, and later in Korea; Leonard Waters trained and served as the first Aboriginal fighter pilot; Charles Mene, a Torres Strait Islander, served throughout the war and was awarded the Military Medal in the Korean War; Saulo Waia, a pearl fisher, defended the Strait with fellow soldiers while non-indigenous people were evacuated; Other Islanders like Tom Lowah gave years of service and received lower pay than white servicemen.

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