The Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion was the first all-Indigenous army unit.(Supplied: Australian War Memorial) Now known as Private Bob, he served in a water transport unit, ...

The 95-year-old is one of four remaining Torres Strait light infantry battalion soldiers and is the second-oldest. Private Mast served from 1942 to 1946.

Picture: Supplied / Australian War Memorial In March 1945, he was transferred to the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, “one of the very few racially segregated units in Australia’s ...

In March 1945, he was transferred to the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, “one of the very few racially segregated units in Australia’s history,” AWM historian Dr Thomas Rogers said.

In March 1945, he was transferred to the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, “one of the very few racially segregated units in Australia’s history,” AWM historian Dr Thomas Rogers said.

In March 1945, Charlie Bob's water transport unit became part of the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion. This battalion was unique in the Australian Army because all enlisted soldiers were ...

“Born on 7 January 1912 at Aurukun Presbyterian Mission, Far North Queensland, Waal Waal Ngakyunkwokka served in the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion during the Second World War,” Australian War ...

Even most Aussies have never stepped in this remote region of the country. Abha Shah flies in to see what’s on offer, following in the footsteps of A-list visitor Zac Efron ...