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Warhorse memorial unveiled in Ararat following renewed push to honour war animals
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FebFebruary 2021 at 2:22am
Thousands of horses went to war but only one came home. Now a new memorial will honour them.
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In Ararat, Victoria, a statue of a horse has been unveiled to honour the thousands of horses that went to war and never returned
One horse, Sandy, made it home and belonged to a general who was killed in Gallipoli during WWI
In WWII, the Australia Army used 25,000 messenger pigeons
Now, one Victorian town has erected a memorial to honour the thousands of horses that went to war and never returned.