By TBHS | Posted: Wednesday December 12, 2018
On Thursday and Friday last week, both 10GI and Year 9 Totara classes visited the local museum to see the latest exhibition on World War 1 entitled Enduring the Inferno which included details of servicemen from Timaru and interesting artefacts from this time period.
In addition to the main exhibition, both classes watched a presentation created by Malcolm Brady who is an expert on World War 1 and who has an amazing private collection of memorabilia including his grandfather’s military uniform. The topic was “Animals at War’’ and Mr Brady discussed the relevant history of animals involved in human conflicts. From the glow worms that assisted soldiers to read documents and newspapers in the trenches, to horses who died in their millions on the Western Front.
Dogs were employed to search and rescue, camels, elephants, mules, donkeys and oxen carried supplies and munitions. More recently, dolphins have been used in mine detection.
During the Year 9 presentation, students also had the opportunity to try on replica gas masks that were designed from 1914-1918 for members of the military, dogs and horses also had their own gas mask protection!
