AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINALS.
>Sir, —I do not know ;in instance where mi Australian aboriginal lias entered a profession where more than the uverage education was required, but I have certainly met full-blooded aboriginals' who have very ably assimilated the ordinary school teaching. One such was a member of the A.I.F. at the war and served in the same battalion as the writer, being the only one of his race 1 knew to take an active part in the fighting. His Knglish was faultless and he was known to be a very clever draughtsman. lie •was also endowed with a keen sense of humour. Onco when we were required to advance over snow near Bapaumo ho laughingly objected to his inclusion in the stunt, as the Boche would the more easily pick him out against the snow on account of lii.s contrasting hue. A\zac.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20842, 8 April 1931, Page 12
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142AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINALS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20842, 8 April 1931, Page 12
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