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    1. [SOUTH-AFRICA] Horse Memorial
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    3. I have a webpage about the Horses memorial in PE. http://www.allatsea.co.za/cems4/pehorsememorial.htm I must add the Weston one to my list of "get pics of" Derek. >As far as I know there are two horse memorials; One in Port >Elizabeth...professionally produced with a cast statue of a horse. I am sure >if you Googled Port Elizabeth history it would appear there. The other I >have seen was produced and erected at Weston Agricultural College near Mooi >River and opened in the past few years. Weston College was the site of a >re-mount centre where horses were collected from the area, trained and shod. >John D. > >-----Original Message----- >From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tombi Peck >Sent: 12 December 2011 02:01 AM >To: south-africa@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] History as taught then > >One of the saddest things (apart from all the people being killed) was the >fact that the British got through 500,000 horses many of which came from >Australia, New Zealand and Argentina!! >There is now a memorial somewhere in South AFrica to this dreadful waste. >Best wishes, >Tombi >-

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