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Adaptor
04-14-2015, 04:38 PM
I'm sure that there are many who served in WW1 who can be listed.
Let's see how many can be remembered:

George Daniel Bendigo

Light Horse
Gassed and wounded at Gallipoli

Returned to resume a career as a school teacher, trained over 100 trotting and pacing winners including a Ballarat Cup, and both the 1928 and 1929 Richmond Thousands.
Went on to train gallopers including Sailor's Guide winner in the US of the Washington Million.

http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/2879574/bendigo-anzac-centenary-soldier-found-success-training-horses/

Adaptor
04-14-2015, 04:43 PM
Ben Coram ( from John Peck)
He survived Gallipoli (arm injured) and sent to hospital in Malta - took years before he gained full use of his arm, and went on to be the first Victorian to win an Inter Dominion (1937 - Dan's Son) and was later the leading owner at Melbourne night trotting in its formative years.

Dan's Son ( inside) Ben Corum, 1937 Interdominion.