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Francis Pegahmagabow MM & two bars (/ ˌ p ɛ ɡ ə ˈ m æ ɡ ə b oʊ / peg-ə-MAG-ə-boh; March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was an Ojibwe soldier, politician and activist in Canada. He was the most highly decorated Indigenous soldier in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of the First World War.
Douglas Grant (1885 – 4 December 1951) was an Aboriginal Australian soldier, draughtsman, public servant, journalist, public speaker, and factory worker. [1] During World War I, he was captured by the German army and held as a prisoner of war at Wittenberg, and later at Wünsdorf, Zossen, near Berlin.
Saunders was born near Purnim on the Aboriginal Reserve at Framlingham in western Victoria on 7 August 1920. [1] He was a member of the Gunditjmara people. [2] His father, Chris, was a veteran of the First World War, having served as a machine gunner in the Australian Imperial Force.
Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples make up a big part of the U.S. population. Today, there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes, plus an estimated 400 more that are ...
William Edward Sing, DCM (3 March 1886 – 19 May 1943), known as Billy Sing, was an Australian soldier of Chinese and English descent who served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, best known as a sniper during the Gallipoli Campaign.
William Reginald Rawlings, MM (September 1890 – 9 August 1918) was a decorated Australian Aboriginal soldier of the First World War. He was also the uncle of Captain Reginald Saunders , the first Aboriginal commissioned officer in the Australian Military Forces.
The settlers were now joined by a contingent of British soldiers who were stationed at Parramatta. When they attempted to seize Pemulwuy, he threw a spear at a soldier prompting the government troops and settlers to open fire. Pemulwuy was shot seven times and was wounded. The Aboriginal warriors threw many spears, hitting one man in the arm.
Maitland Madge, MM (March 1894 – 7 June 1944) is believed to be the first Indigenous Australian to be awarded the Military Medal in the First World War. Madge also served as a soldier during the Second World War. In 1941 he was captured by Japanese forces in Singapore. Madge was held as a prisoner of war at Changi Prison until his death in ...