Caesar the Anzac Dog

Caesar was a bull dog. He was in the army to help find sick and wounded men with his sense of smell. If he was still alive he would be 99 years old. Caesar died when he was 4 years old. He would take something from the person and take it back to Tom. His collar is in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Sometimes he was with Tom and sometimes he was on his own. He was trained in Egypt and at night he went to find the wounded men.
A.S

Caesar went on a big ship. Caesar was in the rifle brigade. Caesar died in 1913. Everyone was sad when Caesar died. Caesar died when a sniper shot him straight through the chest. You can still see his collar in the museum.
S.V

Caesar was a bull dog. He went to war and he was a red cross dog. He would find wounded men. He could find them with his sense of smell. Caesar trained in Egypt where all New Zealanders and Australians trained for war. Caesar was the mascot. At night time he was on no-mans land looking fo wounded men and he got shot. The Germans shot him.
J.V

This is Patricia Stroud who wrote the book and we were lucky enough to meet her and hear her read psrt of her story.