Kangaroo in ANZAC ship
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A little kangaroo, probably the pet of this group, being given a drink on board a ship carrying Australian infantry units bound to South Africa, during the Second Boer War. The Second Boer War involved the Great Britain invasion of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. The British were aided by the Australian and New Zealand colonies, Canada and India, which added 150,000 soldiers to the initial invasion army, with 347,000 British regulars. South African states, however, could only provide 40,000 men with foreign volunteers accepting to fight for what was believed to be an unfair invasion. 20% of the South African forces were killed, as well as 26,370 women and children who died in concentration camps, along with 20,000 black Africans. The British suffered 22,000 casualties and the same number of wounded.
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