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This list provides information about people of Indigenous descent who enlisted for service in conflicts including the Boer war, the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. This acknowledgement of service is part of the ongoing process of recognition and reconciliation. Read more

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  1. Alick, John

    Service Number: 1063

    Service Number: 356

    Also known as

    Bond, Jack

    Also known as

    Bond, John

    Unit

    1st Australian Horse

    Unit

    1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

  2. Barnes, John Alexander

    Service Number: 493

    Unit

    New South Wales Imperial Bushmen

    Unit

    C Company

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

  3. Parker, Walter Joseph

    Service Number: 140

    Unit

    5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

  4. Searle, Robert Charles

    Service Number: 9

    Also known as

    Searle, John Robert

    Also known as

    Searle, Robert John

    Unit

    4th Western Australian Mounted Infantry (Imperial Bushmen)

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

  5. Sinclair, Frank Leighton

    Service Number: 55

    Service Number: 397

    Unit

    1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles

    Unit

    5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

  6. Stubbings, William James

    Service Number: 1533

    Unit

    3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

  7. Wellington, Arthur

    Service Number: 925

    Unit

    5th Victorian Mounted Rifles

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

  8. Westbury, William Charles

    Service Number: 421

    Service Number: 632

    Unit

    50th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

    Conflict

    First World War, 1914-1918

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

  9. Whye, Alfred

    Service Number: 3067

    Unit

    3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

  10. Yuille, Stephen

    Service Number: 712

    Unit

    Victorian [Citizen] Bushmen

    Unit

    Victorian Imperial Bushmen

    Conflict

    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)