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{{Short description|War pigeon}}
'''DD.43.T.139''' was a pigeon who received the [[Dickin Medal]] in February 1947 from the [[People's Dispensary for Sick Animals]] for bravery in service during the [[World War II]].<ref name=pdsapigeon>{{cite web|url=http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-pigeons |title=Dickin medal pigeons |publisher=PDSA |accessdate=22 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213211708/http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-pigeons |archivedate=February 13, 2010 }}</ref> Serving with the [[Royal Australian Corps of Signals|Australian Army Signal Corps]], DD.43.T.139 was cited for homing {{Convert|40|mi|km|abbr=out}} to [[Madang]], [[Papua New Guinea]] during a heavy tropical storm after being released from an Australian army boat that was foundering. The message allowed a rescue ship to be sent in time to salvage the craft and its cargo of stores and ammunition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/npersons/113/Pigeon-DD43T139.htm|title=Pigeon (DD.43.T.139) - TracesOfWar.com|website=www.tracesofwar.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-10}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of individual birds]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140924092934/http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/pdsa-dickin-medal PDSA Dickin Medal]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Dickin Medal]]
[[Category:Individual domesticated pigeons]]
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