Reg Saunders was the first Aborigine to obtain a commission in the Australian Army and was included among those who went to Korea.
SERGEANT JACK GALLAWAY
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CORPORAL RON CASHMAN
"A TOP SOLDIER AND A LIKEABLE CHAP", CORPORAL RON CASHMAN
MAJOR BEN O'DOWD
CORPORAL JOE VEZGOFF
"HOW COME YOU'VE GOT AN AMERICAN SECOND IN COMMAND?"
TREATED BADLY BECAUSE OF HIS COLOUR
Although he was in charge of a company in Korea, Reg Saunders was reduced to rank of Lieutenant when he got home. To those who served with him, they saw this as a major oversight.
SERGEANT JACK GALLAWAY, 'A MOVING FAREWELL'
MAJOR BEN O'DOWD, 'THE SOULFULL SOUND OF THE DIDGERIDOO'
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