Thursday,
27 June 2024
Inaugural Anzac Day pigeon race a winner

THE Wangaratta Homing Pigeon Club (Inc) held its Anzac Day commemoration pigeon race to honour the Australian Carrier Pigeon Service and the important role it played in defending Australia in the Western Pacific during WW2.

The birds were liberated on Anzac Day morning from Narrandera into clear blue skies with a slight headwind to race to their respective lofts in Wangaratta and Myrtleford, distan...

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