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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.
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Poetic Justice as the Bravery of Indigenous Warriors Is Recognised
2016
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— Appears in: The Australian , 25 April 2016; (p. 4)
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Poetic Justice as the Bravery of Indigenous Warriors Is Recognised
2016
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— Appears in: The Australian , 25 April 2016; (p. 4)
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