Horrie the Wog Dog [Corryong, NSW, Australia]
S 36° 11.709 E 147° 54.414
55H E 581535 N 5994025
'Horrie the Wog Dog' has a statue in the town he was 'repatriated' to.
Waymark Code: WM10H85
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/08/2019
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On the Wikipedia entry is the following section for the Statue:
"During the 2016 ANZAC Day service at the Corryong Memorial Hall & Gardens a statue of Horrie the Wog Dog was unveiled to the public. The statue depicts Horrie in a pose on a kerosenee tin in Egypt."
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An etched and anodised plaque on the side of the 'kerosene tin' reads:
"Horrie the Wog Dog
"An Egyptian Terrier was befriended in 1941 by Private Jim Moody in the Middle East. Horrie worked as an air sentry alerting troops of approaching enemy aircraft and was promoted to the rank of corporal.
"Horrie was smuggled back to Australia and escaped being put down by Australian Quarantine Officials to live out his life near Corryong.
"The full story is available at the local Man from Snowy River Museum."
Horrie was even the subject of my most read Australian author, Ion Idriess, who published in 1948, "Horrie the Wog-Dog: With the A.I.F. in Egypt, Greece, Crete and Palestine." [Tho unfortunately it is book that I haven't read!]
Address: Corner of Hansen & Donaldson Streets, Memorial Gardens, Corryong, 3707, Australia
Access: available 24/7.
Visited: 0943-4, Monday, 31 December, 2018