Cornelius Danswan
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING: This story draws on Cornelius Danswan’s service dossier NAA: B2455 DANSWAN C K; his repatriation record NAA: C138, R54054; and his soldier settlement file State Records NSW: 12/7052/4948. In addition to these sources contemporary newspaper reports have also been consulted. The authors thank Keir Reeves for his insights into Australia’s Chinese community in wartime. For further reading on soldier settlement see Bruce Scates and Melanie Oppenheimer, The Last Battle of the Great War: Soldier Settlement in Australia (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016).