Reading list

Australia in the War of 1939-1945 (Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1952-1973)

Jilly Cooper, Animals in War (London: Heinemann, 1983)

Anthony Hill Animal heroes (Camberwell, Vic: Penguin, 2005)

"Ace of aces", The American Legion 19:6 (1935) 36–37

"And hurry!" Army 5:4 (1945) 60

"Birds and animals: war service" Reveille 7:4 (1933) 26

"Birds of war" Midships 3:3 (1949) 7

"Boomerang pigeons" Military Review 25:1 (1945) 80-81

"Carrier pigeons in war" British Legion Journal 16:6 (1939) 216

A H Edmonds "Pigeons in the Signal Service" Reveille 33:12 (1960) 7 and 32

"Famous flight commemorate" Army, Navy, Air Force Journal 88:9 (1950) 235

"Feathered aid" Army 4:4 (1944) 28-29

Leslie Hunt, "Air Force mascots" Royal Air Forces Quarterly 1:1 (1961) 36-39

George Kerr, "Salute the brave! feathers in their caps" The Thirtyniner 1:1 (1957) 8-9

F W Lane, "The wonderful pigeon" Royal Air Forces Quarterly 14:1 (1942) 27-32

"Last of the war pigeons" The Listening Post 13:9 (1933) 25

"The last pigeon hero of AET dies" Fidac 13:8 (1937) 9

M G Linephty, "Pigeon post" The British Digest 2:2 (1945) 21-24

S Morehouse "Farewell RAF pigeons" Wings 4:7 (1945) 22-23

H C Morgan, "Carrier pigeons in war" Fidac 14:6 (1938) 8, also in The Rising Sun (April 1940) 8

"Pigeon post" Soldier 22:8 (1966) 18-19

"Pigeons had fine war records" Reveille 33:10 (1960) 22

"Pigeons in Memorial" Army 1:4 (1959) 4

"Pigeons in the RAF" The Royal Air Force Quarterly 11:2 (1940) 171-172

"Pigeons in war: VC winners" Reveille 2:6 (1929) 2

"Pigeons that won the VC" The Returned Soldier 18:5 (1932) 3-4

"Pigeons trained as camera spies" Canadian Defence Quarterly 14:1 (1936) 107

Edwin Pye, "Pigeon post: winged warriors" The Legionary 11:8 (1936) 18-20

Edwin Pye, "Winged warriors" Fidac 12:10 (1936) 8-9 and 12

"Snowballs 4000 ops hours" Wings 5:9 (1945) 15

"War animals" Reveille 5:5 (1934) 20

"War pigeons death" The Returned Soldier 18:23 (1931) 10-11

"Winged messengers used in war: Life of carrier pigeons" Queensland Digger 18:6 (1942) 2