Reg Saunders: An Indigenous war hero
By Hugh Dolan
Illustrated by Adrian Threlfall
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?
Winner of the Educational Publishing Awards, Secondary Student Resource - Junior.
By Hugh Dolan
Illustrated by Adrian Threlfall
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?
Winner of the Educational Publishing Awards, Secondary Student Resource - Junior.
By Hugh Dolan
Illustrated by Adrian Threlfall
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?
Winner of the Educational Publishing Awards, Secondary Student Resource - Junior.
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Format: Paperback
Dimensions: 18.0 cm x 25.5 cm
Pages: 56
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ISBN: 9781742234243
Publisher: NorthSouth Publishing
Release Date: 1 April 2015
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Author: Hugh Dolan
Illustrator: Adrian Threlfall
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Junior Secondary (12+ yrs)
YA (14+ yrs)
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CONFLICT & CRISIS, FIRST NATIONS
Reg Saunders, war hero, Gundjitmara, World War 2, Aboriginal servicemen, graphic novel
