Reg Saunders

Reg Saunders An Indigenous War Hero

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Publisher's Synopsis

The little-known story of Reg Saunders, the first Indigenous Australian to become an officer in the Army, retold in action-packed graphic format.

Reg Saunders MBE (1920-90) not only survived the World War II battlefields in the Middle East, North Africa, Greece, Crete and New Guinea, but excelled as a military leader. He was recommended for officer training and, in 1944, returned to New Guinea as a platoon commander - the first Aboriginal Australian to serve as a commissioned officer. What happened during the war to transform a determined young man from country Victoria into a war hero - one who would go on to serve with distinction in the Korean War, and become a pioneering figure for Indigenous rights?

Book information

ISBN: 9781742234243
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Imprint: NewSouth Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 940.540092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 55
Weight: 180g
Height: 255mm
Width: 180mm
Spine width: 5mm