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

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

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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