aboriginalsoldiers
112 photos tagged aboriginalsoldiers, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.
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- indigenous
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The last upload was April 2024.
White, Joe from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
West, George from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Watts, Norman Alfred from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Watego, George from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Walsh, Harold from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Walsh, Charles from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Walsh, Arthur from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Tripcony, Albert from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Tighe, William James from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Teare, Frederick from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Sosar, George James from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Smith, Thomas Henry from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Smith, Edward from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Smith Charlie from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Smales, Walter Edward from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
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Coochy, Walter
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Vesna Verencevic said:
Indigenous Australian, Driver Walter COOCHY (aka Couchey), 7th, 23rd & 9th Field Artillery Brigades. Walter COOCHY was born in Gayndah, Qld. in 1893 and was working as a Horse Breaker when he enlisted 10 November 1915. Initially allotted to the Light Horse Regiment, on arrival in Egypt, he was transferred to the Artillery. These units sailed for England in May 1916 and trained at the Australian Army Training Depot, Parkhouse before embarking for France. Walter Couchy was first assigned to the 9th Field Artillery Brigade, then the 23rd, and finally in January 1917, the 7th. He was mustered to be a driver and served in the Western Front until being returned home at the end of the war, May 1919. His brother Edmund Coochy was not accepted to serve when he enlisted in July 1917 on the grounds of ‘no white parentage’. + Their surname is variously spelled – Coochy, Coochey, Couchy Source: ttps://centenary184.rssing.com/chan-39477427/all_p12.html
Baird , Charles
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Vesna Verencevic said:
Charles Baird His birth year was indicated to be 1889 having given his age as 26 years when he enlisted for Military Service in Cooktown on 5 May 1915. He also gave his Next of Kin as Norman Baird (his brother) and his occupation as a Miner. His Service No. was 1234A. Charles was one of many, including Norman, from the Cooktown area who enlisted and served overseas in World War One. He was awarded The 1914-1915 Star, The British War Medal and The Victory Medal. In 1913 and 1915, Charles Baird had been on the Electoral Roll at Bloomfield River in the Subdistrict of Cooktown, giving his occupation as a MIner. In 1916 and 1919, Charles and Norman were both on the same Electoral Rolls at Bloomfield River giving their occupations as Miners. Noel Pearson referred to Norman and Charles as "TWO of my maternal grandfathers, each of whom I would call Ngaji in our Kuku Yalanji language, and great-uncle in English, served ... in World War I" [6]. This article also gives Charles as "Charlie (1890-1966)" for a probable death year about 1966. Source: www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baird-4931