James Moody of the 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion
found an Egyptian dog in 1940, who became Horrie,
the Battalion's mascot. He wrote it first as a simple
tale, augmented by his own photographs of Horrie
and his mates in action in Greece, Crete and
Palestine. This was sent to Ion Idriess, who
developed the book with a series of questions, to
finally develop the classic tale of man's best friend.
Published here for the first time is Moody's original
tale, and extended response to Idriess' questions,
which gives a much stronger picture of members of
the Battalion itself, the Rebels, written and lived in
than Australian larrikin manner. Introduced by Tom
Thompson, it also includes many pictures of Horrie in
action, never before published.
