Gander
“Gander served as a mascot for a Canadian rifle brigade during the battle over Hong Kong, which occurred in 1941 and took many lives.
“His crowning moment came when he was sleeping outside of the camping quarters of his unit and became aware of an enemy presence. Gander attacked a first group of Japanese men who were trying to attack his unit while they slept and demolished a second that was about to execute a group of wounded rifleman.
A grenade was launched, and it landed in the middle of the wounded. Gander selflessly saved the brigade by picking the grenade up and running it back to the Japanese. Unfortunately the grenade did detonate, taking Gander with it.
“To this day, Gander’s name is the only one belonging to a dog on display as part of the Hong Kong War Memorial in Ottawa.” – Source: PuppyLoverNews.com