Soldiers and Aliens, the forgotten history of non-British subjects in the Australian army

During WWII the Australian Army conscripted over four thousands soldiers who weren't British subjects.

Members of 6th Employment Company unloading railway trucks Source: Wolfgang Sievers

Author June Factor tells the story of those soldiers in her latest book Soldiers and Aliens.

Listen to her interview with SBS Italian.

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Soldiers and Aliens, the forgotten history of non-British subjects in the Australian army

SBS Italian

05/07/202212:38

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