The stolen veteran: institutionalisation, military service, and the Stolen Generations

• Published in: Aboriginal history Vol. 35; pp. 57 - 77
• Main Author: Riseman, Noah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canberra ANU E Press and Aboriginal History Incorporated 01.01.2011; Aboriginal History Inc
• Subjects: Aboriginal Australians; Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of; Armed forces; Government relations; History; Island life; Military history; Military service; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prisoners of war; Racism; Soldiers; Stolen generations (Australia); Veterans; World War (1939-1945); World wars; Australia

Lance-Corporal David Cook is an Aboriginal man of mixed descent born in Ebor in the New England region of New South Wales on 16 May 1945. This is the borderland of the Djungutti and Gumbaynggirr peoples, but Dave Cook does not self-identify with any particular Aboriginal mob. Around the time of Dave...