William Reginald Rawlings, MM (Service No. 3603) (1892 – 9 August 1918) was the uncle of Captain Reginald Saunders, MBE, the first Aboriginal commissioned officer in Australian Military Forces. Born on Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve in western Victoria to William and Bessie Rawlings, Rawlings was a horse-breaker around Purnim before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force at Warrnambool, Victoria on 20 March 1916. After undertaking initial training, he embarked on HMAT Orsova from Melbourne on 1 August 1916. He joined the 29th Battalion, 8th Brigade in France, as part of the battalion's 8th Reinforcements.