Territory Stories

Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit

Details:

Title

Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Arnhem Land,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Cavalry,

Unit

Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit,

Alternative unit name

NTSRU,

History

Squadron leader Donald Thomson formed this Unit from about 50 Yolngu men.,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Australia, Army, NTSRU, Aboriginal, Indigenous, Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/MSS1403/ [MSS1403 A brief history of the Australian Armoured Corps.], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F01771/ [6th Division Cavalry Darwin], https://federation.edu.au/news/articles/the-role-of-aboriginal-knowledge-in-the-defence-of-australia-during-wwii [The role of Aboriginal knowledge in the defence of Australia during WWII], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34866 [Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847865,