Major Major, mascot of 19 Battalion, dies of sickness

Major Major, No. 1 Dog, 2NZEF, a member/mascot of 19 Battalion since 1939, died of sickness in Italy. He was buried with full military honours at Rimini.

Major was a white bull terrier who served with distinction in North Africa and Italy. He attained the rank of major in September 1942, two months after receiving a shrapnel wound at El Alamein.

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