11/11/2022
Let us remember all who served--men, women, and animals.
Pictured here are infantrymen of “C” Company Royal Rifles of Canada, and their mascot, a Newfoundland Dog named Gander, en route to Hong Kong on 27 October 1941. Gander saved the lives of a number of Canadian soldiers during the Battle of Lye Mun on Hong Kong Island in December 1941.
Visit our rescue blog to learn more about Gander's remarkable story:
http://newf-friends.blogspot.ca/2014/11/in-remembrance.html
Photo Source: Library and Archives Canada