David Evans was the instigator of the project which would see a life size, life like Waler Horse with an Australian Trooper saying farewell in the deserts of the Middle East. All up, the project cost $200,000 which included the bronze Memorial and the very solid base.

There are four large bronze plaques attached to the base telling the story of the Australian Light Horse.

Over half a million horses were sent to India (for the Brits with the civil uprising), for our troops in South Africa (Boer War) and to WW1 in the Middle East. Just one horse, a gelding called Sandy came back home to Australia.
 

The Memorial was created by sculptor Tanya Bartlett of Newcastle and was unveiled by Major General Digger James on October 29, 2005. This was the nearest Saturday to Beersheba Charge Day (Oct 31, 1917).

2006 © David Evans, PO Box 839, Tamworth, NSW 2340