NEW ZEALAND WAR HORSES
10,117 SENT TO THE FRONT.
The official returns of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1914-18, published to-day, show that New Zealand, in addition to 100,444 men, sent no less than 10,117 horses to the front. These were shipped during the period October, 1914, to October,, 1916, when it was found-that no more horses were required from the Dominion. In excess of this number New Zealand also sent 121 horses to Samoa, and on the signing of the armistice had 498 horses in the training camps and^ remount depot. It is understood that few, if any, of the horses New Zealand despatched abroad will be returned to the Dominion
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 36, 13 February 1919, Page 7
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112NEW ZEALAND WAR HORSES Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 36, 13 February 1919, Page 7
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