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 Australian War Dogs, The Story of Four-legged Diggers by Nigel Allsopp
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Canine troops have served alongside Australia’s armed forces for nearly a hundred years. Valued for their loyalty, intelligence and devotion in battle, war dogs have patrolled borders, searched for wounded, detected landmines and explosives, controlled crowds, relayed messages and laid telephone wires.

In Australian War Dogs, Nigel Allsopp, author of Cry Havoc: The History of War Dogs, explores the role military dogs have played throughout our history and what contributions they could make in the future.

Nigel Allsopp began his military career as a Military Working Dog handler in the Royal New Zealand Air Force Police. He has handled explosive detection and narcotic detection dogs and trained numerous agencies in the use of specialist dogs. Nigel is currently a Senior Constable in the Queensland Police Service Dog Section operating a Firearms Explosive Detection Dog and is a member of the Australian Defence Forces Tracker & War Dog Association.
                                                                             

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News from Military Police Dog Platoon, Oakey: Arthur Eather Memorial Award

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Melbourne Cup Fancy Dress winners at Standown Park. Congratulation to "Happy Campers", Lynne, Wally & Rhonda

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Standown Park project: News from Rod & Pam
We have cleared the Dam of trees and flattened the wall.  Rod has built a rock waterfall and along the bank between ground cover will be slabs of bricks with Veterans and Friends of Standown  names on. We have sold 112 so far and it is all progressing really well.  There will be a gravel walkway around the dam so when finished will be great.  It is a big job though so stead as we go.
The bricks are $30 and can have 34characters INCLUDING spaces etched on them along with the Army, Navy or Air force logo
For further information, CONTACT: via our Link Page


                                                                                                             

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                                                                                                                            THE 10th by Richard Barry 
Richard Barry's book The 10th has sold out. A revised limited 2nd edition is now available. The new edition has an additional chapter and the Forward has been written by the former CO of 6RAR/NZ, David Butler AO, DSO. Retired Brig. George Mansford has written a brilliant Introduction.
 
The 600+ page self-published hard-cover contains about 300 mostly coloured photographs sent in by veterans. It is the everyday stories about ordinary soldiers who went through basic training right through to South Vietnam. It is the very personal reflections of a forward scout and coverman in a Tracker Platoon and contains many hilarious stories centred around a bunch of iconic Aussie diggers. There is a chapter devoted to the famous labrador tracker dogs. The book also contains some historical facts that not too many people would be aware of and goes behind the scenes of what it was like in a foreign country fighting an elusive enemy.
 
As this is a limited edition please contact Richard on 02 6792 3114 or richyvon47@hotmail.com The cost is $60 (plus $15 special packaging anywhere in Australia). Payment can be made by cheque/money order payable to Yvonne Barry at PO Box 43, Narrabri NSW 2390. Please ask for details if you wish to pay by direct credit. Thank you for your support. (Richard is an ex 6RAR Tracker & a member of the ADFTWDA)

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2 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalions Vietnam, Reunion 25 - 29 July 2012 in Townsville (from Leo Van De Kamp): information here

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