Wauchope High School memorial to animals killed in wars

Letitia Fitzpatrick
Updated November 14 2017 - 11:55am, first published November 10 2017 - 4:42pm
Photos: Letitia Fitzpatrick

There’s a special garden at Wauchope High School with a memorial dedicated to the animals who also served during the war, beside their human masters.  It’s estimated that nine million animals died during World War One, including thousands of Australian war horses, mules, donkeys, dogs, pigeons, camels and dogs.

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Letitia Fitzpatrick

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Senior journalist, Wauchope Gazette

Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.

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