Soldiers and Aliens, the forgotten history of non-British subjects in the Australian army

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Members of 6th Employment Company unloading railway trucks Source: Wolfgang Sievers

During WWII the Australian Army conscripted over four thousands soldiers who weren't British subjects.


Author June Factor tells the story of those soldiers in her latest book Soldiers and Aliens.

Listen to her interview with SBS Italian.

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