Saving Private Sarbi

You may have seen recent media reports about Private Sarbi the black labrador cross who was recently brought back from Afghanistan.

New to the Academy Libraries collection is ‘Saving Private Sarbi’ by Sandra Lee.

This true story about Private Sarbi ”is the dramatic and heart-warming true story of a scruffy black Labrador-cross trained by the Australian Army as an explosives detection dog for the most dangerous combat mission imaginable. This canine warrior went missing in action following an historic battle between the elite SAS and the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2008″ (Book cover)

We also have a number of other books about dogs and war including:

‘War dogs’ by Shane Bryant with Tony Park.

‘Animal heroes’  by Anthony Hill.

‘Animal allies’  by Ross Pearson.

‘Ebony and White : a story of the canine corps’ by Joseph J. White

‘War dogs : canines in combat’ by Michael G. Lemish

The Australian War Memorial also has a  web page you might like to look at  ‘A is for Animals’ that looks at the A-Z of animals roles during war and the various jobs they had to do. You can explore and read about the collection of objects and photographs they have in the collection as well as  videos. You can also check out this article  ‘Dogs of War’  by Elizabeth Stewart about dogs during the Vietnam War.