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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Reg Saunders : An Indigenous War Hero
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AbstractHistoryArchive 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 (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)

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Unit Suitable For AC: Year 7 (NSW Stage 4). Elements of this unit could also be easily adapted to other year levels and also to other disciplines such as History or Cultural Studies.

Duration Six weeks

Themes

family, heroism, History, Indigenous, Indigenous Australians, Indigenous rights, mateship, race, racism, settlement, war

General Capabilities

Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding, Information and communication technology, Intercultural understanding, Literacy, Personal and social

Cross-curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia

Notes

  • "Soldier, leader, commissioned army officer: meet Captain Reg Saunders, World War II hero" (Back cover)
  • Foreward by Lieutenant General David Morrison, AO, Chief of Army

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: NewSouth Publishing , 2015 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 55p.
      Description: col. illus. and maps
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 April 2015
      • Includes bibliography
      ISBN: 9781742234243, 1742234240

Works about this Work

Review : Reg Saunders Kevin Steinberger , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 30 no. 2 2015; (p. 22)

— Review of Reg Saunders : An Indigenous War Hero Hugh Dolan , 2015 single work graphic novel
Hero’s Tale Drawn from Life 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 April 2015; (p. 11)

— Review of Reg Saunders : An Indigenous War Hero Hugh Dolan , 2015 single work graphic novel
Hero’s Tale Drawn from Life 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 April 2015; (p. 11)

— Review of Reg Saunders : An Indigenous War Hero Hugh Dolan , 2015 single work graphic novel
Review : Reg Saunders Kevin Steinberger , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 30 no. 2 2015; (p. 22)

— Review of Reg Saunders : An Indigenous War Hero Hugh Dolan , 2015 single work graphic novel

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