BY KATRINA NICOLSON
WE WERE ALL THE
SAME Aboriginal Platoon December 1940 Number 9 Camp, Wangaratta This Platoon, all volunteers, was the only Aboriginal Platoon in the Australian Military Forces (AMF). It was led by Major Joseph Wright, a First World War Light Horse veteran. (BACK ROW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Lance Corporal Edward Mullett, Albert Hayes, Campbell Johnson, Major Wright, Otto Logan, Harold Hayes, Eugene Mobourne, Sergeant Morris. (FRONT ROW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Noel Hood, Watson Atkinson, David Mullett, Joe Wandin, Sam Rankin. AWM (02140.002)
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