IT was interesting to read in the Anzac Day supplement about Sandy, the only Australian war horse to return to Australia from overseas service during World War I ("Only one horse returned from Gallipoli", Newcastle Herald 22/4).
However the most famous WWI Australian war horse was "Bill the Bastard", a 730-kilogram horse so named because he was almost unridable, routinely ejecting would-be jockeys from the saddle (average time: 15 seconds), resulting in his use as an unmounted pack horse at Gallipoli.
