Eight million horses, countless donkeys and mules world-wide were killed in World War 1., 1914-1918 .

In the dark hours of Australian history 136,000 Australian Horses were sent to war. They were not granted a pass to come home. As humans we are their source of food, comfort and safety. However, humanity devised their source of pain, anxiety and death.

The attachment between Trooper and Horse defies the logic of what became an appalling atrocity of life – Human and Animal.

2017 marks the Australian National Commemoration of the “Fight for Water” – ‘The Battle of Beersheba’ 1917.

My series ‘The Last Good-bye’ to commemorate the Australian Light Horse will be on loan at The Australian War Memorial, Canberra. October 1 – November 30, 2017.