The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mounted skin of a carrier pigeon, a blue bar cock with an aluminium leg ring impressed '167 D[broad arrow symbol]D 44'.
This bird was bred by 1 Pigeon Section (Type B) at Lae in November 1944. During his working life he made 25 operational flights over a distance of 346 miles.
The details of the message he successfully carried on his most notable flight are as follows.
Location of Detachment at time of message flight: Detachment 7 Pigeon Section (Type A), attached to Signals 3 Division, Toko, Bougainville;
Copy of message: From "D" Company 47 Battalion. To HQ 47 Battalion. Date 3 July 45. Attacked by stray enemy party at 0700 hours. Own casualties - 1 killed, 4 wounded. Communications OUT request reinforcements urgently; Distance message carried and time: 22 miles in heavy tropical rainstorm with bad visibility in 4 hours. This bird was fired on by 60-70 Japs after release;
Result of message: Reinforcements were despatched, arriving in time to repel enemy and save the company.
Mounted skin of a Japanese army carrier pigeon, a blue bar cock with an aluminium ring on the left leg impressed with '9456', and with Japanese characters which translate 'South 1943'. This bird was
Mounted skin of a blue bar cock carrier pigeon. The bird bears an aluminium leg ring stamped '682:D [broad arrow symbol]D:43:Q'. This bird was bred in 1943 by a civilian pigeon fancier in Queenslan
Mounted skin of a blue chequer hen carrier pigeon. THe bird carries an aluminium leg ring stamped '3863 D[broad arrow symbol]D 44'. This bird was bred by 7 Pigeon Section (Type A) Headquarters 2 A
Mounted skin of a blue bar cock carrier pigeon. The bird carries an aluminium leg ring on his left leg stamped '1382 QPS 41'. Attached to his right leg by an aluminium ring is a screw-top khaki plast
Mounted skin of a carrier pigeon. The Blue Bar cock carries an alumium ring on his right leg that is impressed '139:D [broad arrow]D:43:T'. This pigeon was donated to the army in 1943, as a patrioti
Mounted skin of carrier pigeon. The Blue Chequer cock carries an aluminium ring on his right leg impressed '879: D/D: 43:Q.'. This bird, a Blue Chequer Cock, was located at Loft No 5 of the 1st Aust
Mounted skin of a Japanese army carrier pigeon, a blue bar cock with an aluminium ring on the left leg impressed with '9456', and with Japanese characters which translate 'South 1943'. This bird was