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Black Anzacs: How an Egyptian migrant honored the memory of Indigenous soldiers

Group portrait of the special platoon consisting of Aboriginal Soldiers, all volunteers, at Number 9 camp at Wangaratta.

Source: AIATSIS Library

Assem Abdulhalim, a retired Air Force personnel decided to honor the memory of Aboriginal soldiers because he believed they deserved the same recognition white soldiers got. Assem was also driven by his early beginnings in the force and the discrimination he had to combat.



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