Time line of Reg Saunders

Reg Saunders
1920-1990

1920 -  Born in Western Victoria
1934 - Attended school
1937 - Ran a sawmill with his father and brother
1940 - Enlisted to fight in the Second World War
1941 - Evacuated from the defence of Crete
1942 - Escaped on a British submarine and returned to            Australia
1944 - Promoted to lieutenant and married his first wife,   Dorothy Banfield
1945 - Discharged from the army
1950 - Rejoined the army as a lieutenant to fight in the Korean War
1954 - Discharged from the army
1955-1966 - Employed by a bronze manufacturer in Gippsland
1969-1980 - Worked as the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in Canberra
1990 - Passed away