Reg Saunders biographu timeline

• Reg Saunders born in 1920
• From 1937, Reg ran a sawmill with his father and brother,
• In 1940 joined  to fight in the Second World War
•  Crete was invaded in May 1941
•  escaped British submarine and returned to Australia in 1942
• promoted to lieutenant in 1944.
• married 1944
• discharged from the army in 1945
• In 1950 rejoined the army as a lieutenant to fight in the Korean War
• requested discharge from the army in 1954
•  recruited to the Office of Aboriginal Affairs in 1969 
• continued working in Canberra until his retirement in 1980
•  recognised for his community work in 1971 
• died in 1990,