The little-known story of Reg Saunders, the firstIndigenous Australian to become an officer in theArmy, retold in action-packed graphic format.Reg Saunders MBE (192090) not only survived theWorld War II battlefields in the Middle East, NorthAfrica, Greece, Crete and New Guinea, but excelledas a military leader. He was recommended for officertraining and, in 1944, returned to New Guinea as aplatoon commander the first Aboriginal Australianto serve as a commissioned officer. What happenedduring the war to transform a determined youngman from country Victoria into a war hero onewho would go on to serve with distinction in theKorean War, and become a pioneering figure forIndigenous rights?
View the Reg Saunders teaching resource on the Reading Australia website
Teachers Guide also available
'Reg Saunders immortalised in comic, An Indigenous War Hero,' featured inThe Age
Winner of the Educational Publishing Awards, Secondary Student Resource - Junior.
The little-known story of Reg Saunders, the firstIndigenous Australian to become an officer in theArmy, retold in action-packed graphic format.Reg Saunders MBE (192090) not only survived theWorld War II battlefields in the Middle East, NorthAfrica, Greece, Crete and New Guinea, but excelledas a military leader. He was recommended for officertraining and, in 1944, returned to New Guinea as aplatoon commander the first Aboriginal Australianto serve as a commissioned officer. What happenedduring the war to transform a determined youngman from country Victoria into a war hero onewho would go on to serve with distinction in theKorean War, and become a pioneering figure forIndigenous rights?
View the Reg Saunders teaching resource on the Reading Australia website
Teachers Guide also available
'Reg Saunders immortalised in comic, An Indigenous War Hero,' featured inThe Age
Winner of the Educational Publishing Awards, Secondary Student Resource - Junior.
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