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Life Summary

Name	Reginald Walter Saunders
Born	7 August, 1920 Framlingham Aboriginal station, Victoria, Australia
Died	2 March, 1990 (aged 69) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	Lake Condah State School (Vic) (student, 1926-1931) Hamilton High School (Vic) (student, 1932-1933)
Occupation or Descriptor *	timber worker (1938-1939) Victoria, Australia soldier (1940-1943) Federal, Australia army officer (1944-1945) Federal, Australia Indigenous leader (1945-1985) Australia tram conductor (1947-1948) Victoria, Australia iron and steel worker (1948-1949) New South Wales, Australia army officer (1950-1954) Federal, Australia ex-service leader (1962-1985) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1969-1980) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier) Korean War (army officer) Greek campaign, 1941 (soldier) Salamaua–Lae campaign, 1943 (soldier)
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1971)
Legacies *	Reg Saunders Gallery (Australian War Memorial) Reg Saunders scholarship (RSL) (eponym) Reg Saunders Way (Campbell, ACT) (eponym)
Mission/Reserve *	Framlingham Aboriginal Station (resident, 1920)
Key Organisations *	RSL (St Mary's, Sydney) (president, 1962) Australian War Memorial (council member, 1985)
Workplaces *	Austral Bronze Co Pty Ltd (employee, 1959) Dept of Aboriginal Affairs (federal) (public servant, 1969)

* Dates are approximate