Keywords: P00889.012ChrisSaunders1916.jpg Portrait of an Aboriginal serviceman 234 Private Pte Walter Christopher Chris George Saunders 10th Machine Gun Battalion A native of Warrnambool Vic Pte Saunders worked as a groom prior to enlisting on 29 August 1916 He embarked for service overseas aboard HMAT Ascanius A11 from Melbourne on 27 May 1916 and returned to Australia in June 1919 Pte Saunders is the father of 337678 Lieutenant Reginald Reg Walter Saunders 2/7th Battalion who in the Second World War was the first Aboriginal serviceman to be commissioned in the Australian Army P00889 012 ~ 1916 author PD-Australia the Government of Australia Reg Saunders Black and white photographs |