Horrie the War Dog: The Story of Australia's Most Famous Dog
Author(s): Roland Perry
In the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world war, Private Jim Moody, a signaller with the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion, found a starving puppy on a sand dune. Moody called the dog Horrie. Much more than a mascot, Horrie's exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraft two minutes before his human counterparts and repeatedly saved the lives of the thousand-strong contingent. When the war was finished and Horrie smuggled back home, quarantine officers pounced and demanded that the dog be put down, prompting a huge public outcry. Was Horrie, the gunner's hero, condemned to die or could Moody devise a scheme to save him? In the finest ANZAC tradition, Horrie the War Dog is a story of intrigue and illusion, and of sacrifice, courage and loyalty.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited
- : ABC/ Bolinda Audio
- : 0.068
- : December 2013
- : --- length: - '12.2' width: - '13.2' units: - Centimeters
- : January 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : Roland Perry
- : CD-Extra
- : Unabridged
- : English