World War II: Australian ExperienceReg Saunders: Aboriginal War Hero
Australia was at war, yet although Indigenous Australians were considered unfit to fight, plenty enlisted, including Reg Saunders who fought in the Mediterranean and New Guinea, becoming the first commissioned Aboriginal officer. This frank account of his valour and the toll that war took on him, is told by his daughter Glenda Humes. It is an outstanding resource for middle and senior secondary level history students