One of the units that bore the
brunt of the fighting at Gallipoli was 10th Light Horse Regiment. This West
Australian unit fought dismounted during the campaign. The 10th took
extremely heavy casualties along with the rest of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade
during the assault on the Turkish Positions at The 'Nek". Prior to this
assault another ANZAC Brigade failed to take Chunuk Bair from where part of the
attack on the Nek was to be launched from. A further problem was that
the artillery bararge was stopped too early - seven minutes before H hour.
A request to cancel the attack was refused. The 3rd Light Horse Brigade advanced
against the now alerted Turkish positions which were in places only 18 metres from
the start line. This action could be considered Australia's
equivalent of the Charge of the Light Brigade.
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The resin figure was sculpted
and molded by Phil Walden of Masters in Minature and required minimal cleaning
up prior to assembly. It was painted using Humbrol enamels and Jo Sonjas artist
gouache.
Mark
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