Service above self
About the picture: Gander, the Newfoundland dog, was a war hero who saved the lives of several Canadian soldiers during the Battle of Hong Kong. Originally the mascot for the 1st Battalion of the Royal Rifles of Canada, he was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal—often called the “animal’s Victoria Cross”—for his bravery. As a pup in Newfoundland he accidentally scratched a chld, and faced euthanizing.
To save him, his famly gave the dog to the Royal Rifles Regiment of Canada, where soldiers changed his name from ‘Pal’ to ‘Gander’. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant amd travelled to Hong Kong with the regiment in 1941. In battle he charged Japanese soldiers, who came to know him as ‘the black beast’ and bit at their feet. On December 9th of that year, when a Japanese hand grenade landed near a group of wounded Canadian soldiers, Gander, without hesitation, picked up the live grenade in his mouth and ran away from his comrades, towards the enemy. The explosion killed him. Gander gave his life to save seven others.
For bravery, Gander posthumously received his medal in 2000, the first awarded in half a century, and the first ever for an animal. His name was inscribed on the Hong Kong Veterans Memorial Wall in Ottawa, beside the names of soldiers who fell with him. He is memorialized with a statues in, of course, Gander.
Lest we Forget.
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Source: https://www.greaterfool.ca/2025/11/11/service-above-self/
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