Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

The Late Mr. Anthony Willows.
AMONGST our illustrations in this issue we are enabled to give a portrait of the late Mr. Anthony Willows, who was appointed veterinary surgeon to the New South Wales  expeditionary force to the Soudan. Mr. Willows was appointed to take charge of the large number of valuable horses attached to the artillery, ambulance, and commissariat  branches of the contingent. It was owing to his skill and watchful care that so few losses occured amongst the animals on the voyage to Suakim, and that so many were landed,  and in such excellent condition, from the troopship Australasian. Mr. Willows went all through the campaign and escaped illness until a few days before leaving the Soudan. He  was, however, attacked by fever, against which he battled bravely for a considerable time. He appeared to be slightly better when the Arab arrived at Colombo, and he was not  sent to hospital there, but continued the voyage with his comrades. A few. days before the Arab arrived at Albany he became gradually worse, and eventually sank and died. He was buried at sea. Mr. Willows was a native of England. He had only been a resident in New South Wales a few years. He held the appointment of Government veterinary surgeon,  before joining the Soudan force He was an undergraduate of Cambridge University, and a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and in his year a Coleman gold  medallist. He was also a fellow of the Veterinary Medical Association, and held the office of vice-president of that Association. He was some time a pupil and assistant to Mr. R. H. Calver, veterinary surgeon, Downham Market ; and both while in that position; and in practice he was able to win the approval and confidence of those by whom he was  professionally engaged. Mr. Willows was a young- man of genial nature, and during his residence in Sydney gained a large circle of friends, who deeply regret his death under such melancholy circumstances. Our portrait is engraved from a very fine photograph by Tuttle & Co., of George Street.