# Reg Saunders

> Reginald Walter Saunders, MBE 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.

*Australian soldier (1920-1990)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** Australia
- **Born:** 1920-08-07
- **Died:** 1990-03-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 18.8 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 5.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 71.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [ريج سوندرز](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2)
- [Reg Saunders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Saunders)
- [رگ ساندرز](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2)
- [Reg Saunders](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Saunders)
- [Сондерс, Реджинальд](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7307855)

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