The First Australian Imperial Force, or the Australian force of more than 300,000 men sent to fight in World War One.
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AIF Term Timeline in Black Diggers
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...World War One. Their motives were varied, but they were treated as equals in the Australian Imperial Force and “forged bonds [with whites] that would sow the seeds of the modern reconciliation movement.”
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End Matter
Ultimately, 2,000 of Australia’s 80,000 Indigenous people joined the AIF, and—for the first time in any domain of Australian society—served on equal footing with whites....
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