Reg Saunders : An Indigenous War Hero

Author: Hugh Dolan & Adrian Threlfall

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  • : $19.99 AUD
  • : 9781742234243
  • : NewSouth Publishing
  • : NewSouth Publishing
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  • : 0.181437
  • : December 2014
  • : 19.99
  • : April 2015
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  • : Hugh Dolan & Adrian Threlfall
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  • : Paperback
  • : Apr-15
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  • : English
  • : 56
  • : FXZ
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Description

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 (1920u90) 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 u 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 u one who would go on to serve with distinction in the Korean War, and become a pioneering figure for Indigenous rights?

Author description

Hugh Dolan is a former intelligence officer with the Royal Australian Air Force. He is the author of 36 Days: The Untold Story Behind the Gallipoli Landings (2010), presenter of the documentary Gallipoli From Above and general military historian-at-large. Adrian Threlfall is a lecturer in history at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia and a member of the education team at the Shrine of Remembrance, Victoria. He is also a former infantryman in theAustralian Army Reserve.