Collected: Stories from the Australian War Memorial

Collected - 024 Acknowledging Indigenous Service


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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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