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Photograph E04478 Period 1910-1919The roadway between the Australian Veterinary Hospital stables. On the side of the row of buildings on the right are bombproof banks to protect the animals from bomb splinters during air raids.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified Australian soldiers standing with horses next to rows of stables at the Australian Veterinary Hospital. The stables are protected by bombproof banks, which protected the animals from bomb splinters during air raids.
The roadway between the Australian Veterinary Hospital stables. On the side of the row of buildings on the right are bombproof banks to protect the animals from bomb splinters during air raids.

Rows of buildings at the Australian Veterinary. On the side of the buildings are bombproof banks to protect the animals from bomb splinters during air raids. Note a partially obscured unidentified s
An unidentified Australian soldier, wearing a Distinguished Conduct Medal ribbon, holding standing with a draught horse, which was the first patient to enter the Australian Veterinary Hospital. Note

High walled horse lines of a 5th Australian Divisional unit near Amiens. The turf banks were erected to protect the animals against bomb fragments during the perpetual bombing raids of enemy aircraft.

A row of unidentified Australian soldiers standing in front of a stable of horses under treatment at the Australian Veterinary Hospital.

Ballybunion. A captured gazelle tethered to a goat. Rows of stables are in the background. Animals like these were occasionally kept by AIF troops as pets or mascots.
