Horrie The Wog Dog

Author : Ion Idriess
Publisher : ETT Imprint
ISBN 13 : 1925416984
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horrie the Wog-Dog written by Ion Idriess and published by ETT Imprint. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The true story of Horrie the Wog-Dog who was adopted by the Australian Signal Platoon of the M/G Battalion, in spite of all rules against keeping pets, and how Horrie not only won his stripes as a valuable addition to the group but had the further distinction of being smuggled into Australia on their return. The Wog-Dog was sneaked into Greece, went through the evacuation, carried messages as well as proving a dependable warning against air attacks. He went to Syria and Palestine, never learning to tolerate Arabs - he suffered cold and sickness, he fell in love with Ishmi, he was bombed off his ship and he never once was found during all necessary cover-up travelling. A story for all dog lovers, in spite of heavy Australian slang and style, of a dinkum Aussie who was kept, protected and loved by dinkum Aussies. Sentimentality over canines seldom misses fire.' - Kirkus Review (USA)

Author : Ion Llewellyn Idriess
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horrie the Wog-dog written by Ion Llewellyn Idriess and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roland Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781743317990
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horrie the War Dog written by Roland Perry and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horrie, the Egyptian Terrier, found as a starving pup in the harsh Libyan Desert, became the much-loved mascot of the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion in World War 11. Yet he was no ordinary symbol, and the Gunners' love for him was not mere affection for a pet. It was in return for Horrie saving the lives of every member of the thousand strong contingent, not once but several times in the Middle East. His exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraft two minutes before human ears. Horrie's ritual of sitting, growling, barking and then leading the dash for trenches, had the Gunners running for cover before their camp was strafed and bombed. He was adopted by the 'Rebels,' a small group of Signallers, who secretly carried him through battle zones of Libya, Egypt, Palestine (Israel) and Syria. Horrie was smuggled into Australia after a harrowing boat trip home early in 1942, when the Battalion returned to face the threat from marauding Japanese Forces. The dog stayed with the family of his 'Master' Private Jim Moody, who went off to fight the enemy in New Guinea. When he came back in 1945, Moody brought Horrie out of hiding to help raise money for the Red Cross. Quarantine pounced and condemned the dog to death. Moody and the Rebels were shocked. They and a thousand others owed their existence to Horrie. Now they were being ordered to submit the dog, who was fit and disease-free, for extermination. How could Moody and Rebels beat the bureaucracy when defying the authorities would mean jail for them, and Horrie being caught and killed? Could they create a scheme to save him as they had in carrying the dog everywhere with them in the North African and Middle East Campaigns? Or was Horrie, the Gunner's hero, to be condemned to canine martyrdom? The answers are in HORRIE THE WAR DOG, a true tale of intrigue and illusion; a story of sacrifice, courage and loyalty in the finest ANZAC tradition.

Author : Ion Llewellyn Idriess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horrie the Wog-dog written by Ion Llewellyn Idriess and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stella Tzobanakis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646815763
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creforce - the Anzacs and the Battle of Crete written by Stella Tzobanakis and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creforce - the Anzacs and the Battle of Crete is the dramatic story of the second Anzacs and their role in one of the biggest battles in the military history of Australia, New Zealand and its Allied forces during World War II.The book is written for children 10 and up and explores the real-life `adventures' and misadventures of more than 14,500 young Australian and New Zealand soldiers who were sent to the Greek island of Crete - famous for myths, minotaurs and labyrinths - under the second formation of the Anzac Corps, to help defend it against Nazi Germany. The book includes never-before-told, first-hand accounts of those that lived through the battle, and weaves in the stories of real-life characters including Roald Dahl, the famous British novelist Roald Dahl, Horrie the Wog Dog, the little terrier who became an unofficial mascot, Charles Upham, known as the Lion of Crete, an educated sheep farmer turned valuer from New Zealand who was single-minded, perservering, swore a lot and hated injustice and the people of Crete who have been likened in the book to Ned Kelly for their outlaw-style tactics as part of the Cretan resistance. The most notable Cretan is the Cretan Runner George Psychoundakis, an uneducated, poor, young shepherd who became a decorated war hero for aiding British soldiers including author, scholar Patrick Leigh Fermor who has been described as a cross between Indiana Jones and James Bond.The book is on the Victorian and NSW Premier's Reading Challenge lists. It is only available for purchase at stelitsahome.bigcartel.com

Author : Anthony Hill
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
ISBN 13 : 0143784617
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Heroes written by Anthony Hill and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Darwin in 1942, Gunner’s barking alerted an entire army base of impending air raids, well before the enemy planes appeared on radar. Following an ambush, Sarbi the explosive detection dog was held captive by the Taliban for over a year, before heading home a hero. And when 135000 horses left Australia for the First World War, why was General Bridges’ charger Sandy the only one to return home? Drawing from first-hand sources and interviews with those who were there, Anthony Hill brings to life the loyalty and courage of these animals, and the love their soldiers felt for them. From the donkeys that carried the wounded at Gallipoli to the dolphins that hunted underwater mines in Iraq, these animal heroes are at the heart of some of the most remarkable stories in Australia’s military history. This fully revised and updated edition features inspiring true stories of heroism and sacrifice, many of them never told before.

Author : Martha Schad
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752488295
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hitler's Spy Princess written by Martha Schad and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of Stephanie von Hohenlohe (1891-1972), notorious as a secret go-between and even a professional blackmailer. Despite her Jewish roots, Stephanie always claimed to be of pure Aryan descent. Soon enough, Hitler would begin to employ her on secret diplomatic missions.

Author : James Bell Moody
Publisher : ETT Imprint
ISBN 13 : 1925706591
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moody's Tale written by James Bell Moody and published by ETT Imprint. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Moody of the 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion found an Egyptian dog in 1940, who became Horrie, the Battalion's mascot. He wrote it first as a simple tale, augmented by his own photographs of Horrie and his mates in action in Greece, Crete and Palestine. This was sent to Ion Idriess, who developed the book with a series of questions, to finally develop the classic tale of man's best friend: Horrie the Wog Dog (ETT Imprint 2017). Published here for the first time is Moody's original tale, and extended.response to Idriess' questions, which gives a much stronger picture of members of the Battalion itself, the Rebels, written and lived in than Australian larrikin manner. Introduced by Tom Thompson, it also includes many pictures of Horrie in action, never before published.

Author : Oliver Chin
Publisher : Immedium
ISBN 13 : 1597020230
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Year of the Rabbit written by Oliver Chin and published by Immedium. This book was released on 2011 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosie the rabbit befriends a boy who leads her on a wild adventure with a tiger. Lists the birth years and characteristics of individuals born in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit.

Author : Ion Llewellyn Idriess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horrie the Wog-dog written by Ion Llewellyn Idriess and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: