Rat of Tobruk honours mates killed in sand

By Lisa Martin and Karen Sweeney
Updated April 25 2018 - 2:22pm, first published 2:15pm
Rat of Tobruk, Bob Semple, reflected on mateship at the Anzac Day national service in Canberra.
Rat of Tobruk, Bob Semple, reflected on mateship at the Anzac Day national service in Canberra.

Carved in cursive writing on the back of the violin he took to war are the names of Bob Semple's gun crew.