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Military Honours for Nova, a Lost Dog of War

Animals (tags: australian soldiers, nova, memorial, bomb detecting dog, heroine, grief )

Simone
- 56 days ago - theage.com.au

AUSTRALIAN soldiers serving in Afghanistan gathered at the weekend to conduct a farewell ceremony to honour another comrade killed in action in the long-running war. Medical personnel had tried to save the Australian Defence Force's life-saving bomb-

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David t. (301)

Tuesday October 27, 2009, 3:21 am
TY Simone.

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chris b. (1400)

Tuesday October 27, 2009, 3:36 am
So sad to see any human or animal killed in war even sadder that this dog died in a training exercise as the result of vehicle accident!

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Alicia V. (39)

Tuesday October 27, 2009, 4:28 am
SAD, SAD, SAD.

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marilyn s. (116)

Tuesday October 27, 2009, 4:37 am
Noted with tears!

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liz c. (212)

Tuesday October 27, 2009, 6:07 am
Noted. I am so glad that these soldiers put their own pain aside and acknowledged the job that this dog (and others before him) had done for the war. Noble dog-sad that he died-but he was adopted from a shelter so he probably had a longer life than if he had been left at the shelter. Thank you Simone.

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