Image Gallery: June 2007
Indigenous memorial in Northern Territory
01 June 2007
Many indigenous soldiers seeking to serve their country would not acknowledge their cultural origins, if they could pass as European to enlist. Other indigenous soldiers would register as Malaysian or Maori to find service.
Wreaths of remembrance were laid by senior Northern Command officers including Commander Australian Navy Patrol Boat Group, Captain Aaron Ingram RAN, and Commanding Officer of NORFORCE Lieutenant Colonel Mick Rozolli to honour the unrecorded and unrecognised service of many indigenous Australians in the First and Second World Wars.
The ceremony was attended by NORFORCE soldiers and indigenous veterans from across the Top End
| 20070601adf8243523_03 NORFORCE soldiers attend a commemorative service at the Darwin cenotaph in the Northern Territory, to remember the unrecorded and unrecognised service of many indigenous Australians in the First and Second World Wars. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601adf8243523_20 Wreaths of remembrance are laid at the Darwin cenotaph in the Northern Territory by senior Northern Command officers including Captain Aaron Ingram, RAN. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601adf8243523_26 An Air Force and Army cadet catafalque party commemorate a service of remembrance at the Darwin cenotaph in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601adf8243523_48 Traditional Aboriginal dancers at the Darwin cenotaph in the Northern Territory officiate the spirit and culture denied by indigenous Australians who hid their cultural origins so they could serve in the First and Second World Wars. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601adf8243523_55 Indigenous Vietnam Veteran Geoff Shaw OAM, tells NORFORCE patrolman Private Allan Parmbuk from Wadeye about his experiences in 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment at a ceremony at the Darwin cenotaph in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601adf8243523_63 NORFORCE soldier Private James Farrell from Hudson Downes reads through some of the wreaths of remembrance laid at the Darwin cenotaph in the Northern Territory for the unrecorded and unrecognised service of many indigenous Australians in the First and Second World Wars. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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