Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander solders – CONTACT magazine

An Australian Army soldier from Sarpeye Company, 51FNQR in traditional Torres Strait Islander clothing for the 80th anniversary ceremony. Story by Captain Jon Stewart. All photos by Leading Seaman Leo Baumgartner.

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Army marks anniversary of unique Indigenous unit

22/03/202324/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3043 Views 2 Comments 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander solders, Chief of Army, Indigenous soldiers, WWII

One of two surviving veterans of Australia’s only all-Indigenous military unit joined the Torres Strait Islands community and Australian Army members

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2016 AIDP trainees Kitchell Dorante (left) and Bethany King.

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Most Indigenous soldiers in Australian Army since WWII

08/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7210 Views 0 Comments Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander solders, AIDP, Army Indigenous Development Program

The number of full-time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander solders serving in the Australian Army recently topped more than 500 for

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