Jackie the Baboon is famous South African mascot. Jackie cut an odd figure amongst the British and Empire troops in Wold War 1, for only the South Africans could conjure up an African Baboon as a Regimental mascot, but this was no ordinary Baboon, intelligent and intuitive Jackie would achieve fame and become an iconic war hero in both South Africa and England, here is his story.
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Guerrillas of Tsavo
Exploring & Commemorating the East African Campaign
of the First World War in Taita Taveta County - Kenya
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