1920 - 1990
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| First Name |
Reg
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| Last Name |
Saunders
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| Birthday |
7th August, 1920
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| Birthplace |
Framlingham, Victoria
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| Died |
2nd March, 1990
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| Place of Death |
Sydney, New South Wales
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Nationality |
Australian
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| Occupation |
Military
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Reginald Walter "Reg" Saunders, MBE (7 August 1920 – 2 March 1990) was the first Aboriginal Australian to be commissioned as an officer in the Australian Army. He came from a military family, his forebears having served in the Boer War and the First World War. Enlisting as a soldier in 1940, he saw action during the Second World War in North Africa, Greece and Crete, before being commissioned as a lieutenant and serving as a platoon commander in New Guinea during 1944–1945. His younger brother Harry also joined the Army, and was killed in 1942 during the Kokoda Track campaign.
