Les Knox shares stories of his Grandfather John Knox, who served in World War 2. Les is very proud of his grandfather’s service, but only discovered it about 10-15 years ago and Les and his family are continuing to research John Knox’s service. Les goes on to speak about his cousin Bluey Lang, who also served and was a passionate advocate for wider recognition of aboriginal service.

This interview took place on 18 June 2014 in Narrabri and was conducted by Dr Allison Cadzow with Craig Greene as part of the Australian Research Council-funded research project Serving our Country: a history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the defence of Australia.

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