NZ's First World War horses

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V Beach, Cape Helles, 1915

V Beach, Cape Helles, 1915

Birch Hill Station war memorial

Birch Hill Station war memorial

Dead horses by the River Jordan

Dead horses by the River Jordan

Trooper and horse

Trooper and horse

Memorial to Bess the horse

Memorial to Bess the horse

New Zealand Mounteds ride through Cairo

New Zealand Mounteds ride through Cairo

Mounted Rifles Regiment parading through Nelson

Mounted Rifles Regiment parading through Nelson

Upper Hutt remount depot

Upper Hutt remount depot

Purchasing Waikato horses for war

Purchasing Waikato horses for war

Dead horse lowered overboard

Dead horse lowered overboard

Horses stabled on transport ship

Horses stabled on transport ship

Use of horses on Samoa

Use of horses on Samoa

Diseased horses in Samoa

Diseased horses in Samoa

Mule Gully, Gallipoli

Mule Gully, Gallipoli

Wellington Mounted Rifles on Gallipoli

Wellington Mounted Rifles on Gallipoli

NZ horses and carts at Alexandria

NZ horses and carts at Alexandria

Farriers at Zeitoun Camp

Farriers at Zeitoun Camp

Horses at Zeitoun Camp, Egypt

Horses at Zeitoun Camp, Egypt

Mounted troops beside Suez Canal

Mounted troops beside Suez Canal

Anzac Mounted Division on the charge

Anzac Mounted Division on the charge

Wellington mounteds loading camels, Egypt

Wellington mounteds loading camels, Egypt

Watering horses during dust storm

Watering horses during dust storm

Lt-Col Findlay during Second Battle of Gaza

Lt-Col Findlay during Second Battle of Gaza

NZ mounted troops in Hucqueliers, France

NZ mounted troops in Hucqueliers, France

NZ artillery gun team

NZ artillery gun team

Gun crew at Passchendaele

Gun crew at Passchendaele

Feeding horses in France

Feeding horses in France

Horses killed in bombing raid

Horses killed in bombing raid

Prime Minister Massey inspects the Otago Mounted Rifles

Prime Minister Massey inspects the Otago Mounted Rifles

Transport of NZ Division to France, April 1916

Transport of NZ Division to France, April 1916

<em>The attack of the Otago Mounted Rifles at Messines</em>, 2010

The attack of the Otago Mounted Rifles at Messines, 2010

Moving back from Rafa

Moving back from Rafa

Camels carrying wounded

Camels carrying wounded

Track-making on Walker's Ridge

Track-making on Walker's Ridge

CMR troops on Gallipoli, 1918-19

CMR troops on Gallipoli, 1918-19

Major Claude Weston and Billy

Major Claude Weston and Billy

Shooting wounded horse

Shooting wounded horse

Mistreatment of horses letters

Mistreatment of horses letters

Video

Film: troops departing New Zealand, 1914 and 1915

Film: troops departing New Zealand, 1914 and 1915

Bess the horse Great War Story

Bess the horse Great War Story

Interactive

Dora Spencer letter, 1916

Dora Spencer letter, 1916