Tribute to war horse 'Bill the Bastard' unveiled at Cessnock Racecourse on Anzac Day

Updated April 25 2017 - 6:29pm, first published 5:49pm
TRIBUTE: Stewart Sherman, Dan Jeffery and Craig Blue, from Soldier On, and Newcastle Jockey Club chairman Geoff Barnett after the war horse statue was unveiled at Cessnock Racecourse on Anzac Day. Picture: Krystal Sellars
TRIBUTE: Stewart Sherman, Dan Jeffery and Craig Blue, from Soldier On, and Newcastle Jockey Club chairman Geoff Barnett after the war horse statue was unveiled at Cessnock Racecourse on Anzac Day. Picture: Krystal Sellars

A special memorial dedicated to the ‘Walers’ used by the Light Horsemen in the first world war was unveiled on Tuesday at Cessnock’s time-honoured Anzac Day race meeting.

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