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7 December 2016

100 years ago.

Horses Required – Shoalhaven Telegraph Sept 1916.

Australian Troops were engaged in heavy fighting in Europe and the Middle East, horses being the main mode of transport for the Anzac forces meant the army needed a constant supply of fresh horses.  This type of advertising would appear in regional newspapers all over the country encouraging people to sell their horses for the war effort.

 
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