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Reg Saunders : An Indigenous War Hero
Sydney
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NewSouth Publishing
,
2015
8470850
2015
single work
graphic novel
'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?' (Source: Publishers website)
- 2015 winner Educational Publishing Awards Australia — Secondary — Student Resource - Junior
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