Dickin Medal Recipient. A Boxer dog, owned by Lt. Col. A.H.K. Campbell, the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Jerusalem Military Court, Punch and his kennel mate, Judy, frustrated a Stern Gang raid on the senior British officers quarters at Jerusalem on August 6, 1946, reportedly saving their masters' lives. Punch, took four bullet wounds from a tommy gun, his companion, Judy, protected him after he was injured, sustaining a grazing wound down her back. Both were recommended for a Dickin Medal, popularly known as the animal's VC, for their actions, the citation for which stated: "These dogs saved the lives of two British Officers in Israel by attacking an armed terrorist who was stealing upon them unawares and thus warning them of their danger."
Dickin Medal Recipient. A Boxer dog, owned by Lt. Col. A.H.K. Campbell, the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Jerusalem Military Court, Punch and his kennel mate, Judy, frustrated a Stern Gang raid on the senior British officers quarters at Jerusalem on August 6, 1946, reportedly saving their masters' lives. Punch, took four bullet wounds from a tommy gun, his companion, Judy, protected him after he was injured, sustaining a grazing wound down her back. Both were recommended for a Dickin Medal, popularly known as the animal's VC, for their actions, the citation for which stated: "These dogs saved the lives of two British Officers in Israel by attacking an armed terrorist who was stealing upon them unawares and thus warning them of their danger."
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