{"product_id":"reg-saunders-by-hugh-dolan-9781742234243","title":"Reg Saunders","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eView the \u003ci\u003eReg Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e teaching resource on the Reading Australia website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTeachers Guide also available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReg Saunders immortalised in comic, An Indigenous War Hero,\u003c\/i\u003e featured in The Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Educational Publishing Awards, Secondary Student Resource - Junior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383971463404,"sku":"9781742234243","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8244113482808.jpg?v=1773392210","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/reg-saunders-by-hugh-dolan-9781742234243","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}