Margaret Culbong talks about her family history of service, with her brother Len and her nephew Ken both serving in Korea and Vietnam respectively, and her former husband Allen Mallard serving in Vietnam. Margaret also discusses her family’s long and dedicated association with activism and fighting for Aboriginal rights more broadly including her own activism through her work with Aboriginal Community Health, and with the Honouring Indigenous War Graves group.

This interview took place on 1 September 2015 in Perth and was conducted by Dr Noah Riseman 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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