Denied citizenship by the country he died for, this Anzac Day Aboriginal war hero Bill Allen is being honoured in France

Despite his bravery, for which he was posthumously awarded the distinguished conduct medal, Bill Allen was never recognised as a citizen of his own country. Photograph: T Oxford/Bringing His Spirit HomeAllen was one of about 1,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men who fought for Australia in the first world war. The Somme Valley community of communes, which comprises 33 townships across the region, held a “day of tribute” last week in Allen’s honour. Over a decade Flick documented and photographed the first world war graves of Aboriginal soldiers in the UK, France and Belgium. Milliken and the rest of Allen’s extended family hope that one day his body can return home to Gomeroi country.