Talk:Matthias Ulungura

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Did you know... that Tiwi islander Matthias Ulungura was the first Australian to take a Japanese prisoner-of-war on Australian soil during World War II?

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Indigenous Australians unable to enlist?

I believe this is untrue - and there has been quite a fair bit written on indigenous service personnel during both World Wars. Happy to be corrected, but I'll edit in a few months unless I hear otherwise. 161.43.219.164 (talk) 11:29, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]