Tribute to a local hero

Updated November 8 2017 - 3:16pm, first published November 6 2017 - 2:49pm
Mayor Peter Petty flanked by Bob Jurd (on left) and Jake Smith in Tabulam to mark the centenary.
Mayor Peter Petty flanked by Bob Jurd (on left) and Jake Smith in Tabulam to mark the centenary.

The thunder of horses’ hooves, riders with swords drawn roaring as they galloped  towards the gathering at the Tabulam Memorial evoked a tiny glimpse of that mighty last great cavalry charge by the 4th and 11th Light Horse at Beersheba late in the afternoon of 31 October 1917.

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