Several years before the outbreak of World War I, a farmer named Albert Marr of Villeria, Pretoria, South Africa found a baboon on his farm. Interested will then take care and intelligence he gave the name of Jackie. Soon after that they become so familiar and inseparable. Even when Albert joined the Third South African Infantry Regiment (Third South African Infantry Regiment) to perform military duties for his country, Jackie would not be separated. Albert took as well as for war.
Because kecerdasaannya, there Jackie became a favorite among the troops of friends Albert. And soon after he joined the regiment's mascot was named Jackie. As a mascot of the regiment, he has the right to wear the rank of soldiers and army uniforms and even entitled to food rations like a human soldier. Every military parade he saw, he would immediately stand up and salute very smoothly.
In August 1915, Jackie, Albert and his regiment are sent to the front and over the next 3 years is always at the forefront of fighting against the Turks and Germans. They have also been assigned to Egypt at that time. Jackie proved himself that he is very useful in the regiment. With a keen hearing he was able to detect the presence of a distant enemy, before human soldiers know it. If you feel there is something dangerous she will usually signaled by a particular bark or bark-pulling by his master's clothes.
In April 1918, the regiment they were sent to the Passchendale in Belgium. There are both getting pretty serious injuries, especially Jackie. At that time they were besieged and bombarded by enemy fire, the sound of explosions could be heard everywhere. Jackie was seen to accumulate piles of stone for protection maketh, which unfortunately was never completed. One explosion occurred nearby and a shrapnel hit his right leg violently. The same fractions also injure Albert. Immediately brought to the camp they belong to the British Red Cross, and there was Jackie leg amputated. The following is the testimony of Dr. RN Woodsend, doctors amputated the leg Jackie.
"We decided to give Jackie chloroform (a kind of drug) and bandaged his wound. If he should die, die in a state of stupor may be better. And because I never gave the drug to anyone before, I think that's what will most likely be occur. But in a short time later he took chloroform as if it was whiskey. What can I do when it is merely to amputate his leg and bandaged it as possible. "
In fact even if Jackie can recover lost her right leg. And just before the cease-fire, Jackie was promoted to corporal and was awarded medals for bravery. Jackie died in 1921 and was buried by his master's own hand.
