During WW1, a train full of Canadian soldiers from the 5th Infantry Battalion bought a goat as a mascot while they were passing through Broadview, Saskatchewan.
They managed to avoid quarantine and smuggle the goat into France.
Sgt. Bill stayed with his unit through some of the worst fighting, suffering shrapnel wounds, gas attacks, shell shock, and trench foot.
At the Battle of Ypres, despite being wounded, he managed to subdue an enemy soldier, standing guard over him in a shell crater until he was taken prisoner.
He was credited with saving at least 5 lives when he head-butted men into a trench to avoid an exploding shell.
He was once arrested for eating military equipment and going AWOL. He also had a propensity of head butting officers he didn't like.
When the Fighting Fifth got home to western Canada, Sergeant Bill led the parade and was honored with the 1914 Mons Star, the General Service Medal, and the Victory Medal for his war efforts.
When he died, Bill was stuffed, mounted, and placed in the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. Eventually he was returned to Broadview, where he now has a place of honor in the Broadview Museum. #goat #ww1 #stayzero #zerofoxtrot