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Sapper H E "Bert" Beros Sapper H E "Bert" Beros i(A59278 works by)
Writing name for: Bert Beros
Gender: Male
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1 The Coloured Digger i "He came and joined the colours, when the War God's anvil rang,", Sapper H E "Bert" Beros , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 7 May no. 425 2008; (p. 23)
1 1 The Coloured Digger i "He came and joined the colours", Sapper H E "Bert" Beros , 1994 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Too Dark for the Light Horse : Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People in the Defence Forces : Resource Book : Memorial Box 03 1994; (p. 8) Koori Mail , 25 April no. 399 2007; (p. 4) Law Anthology 2011; (p. 22)

During World War Two, Sapper Bert Beros wrote this poem about one of his comrades, Aboriginal soldier, Private West, who attacked a Japanese machine-gun pit single handed. (Too Dark For the Light Horse, 1994) This poem was one of the inspirations behind the inaugural Coloured Diggers March.
1 y separately published work icon The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels and Other Verses Sapper H E "Bert" Beros , Sydney : F. H. Johnston Publishing Co. Pty Ltd , 1943 Z892657 1943 selected work poetry
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