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Brief history: The Australian Light Horse were mounted infantry recruited from volunteers, mostly idealistic young men. In WWI, they saw action against the Turkish  Army in the Middle East and paid a heavy tribute in the disastrous campaign of Gallipoli.  They also performed the last successful "cavalry" charge in history when 800 men charged the Turkish lines at Beersheba in Oct 1917.

Brief history: Tirailleur Senegailes was a corps of the French army recruited from the French possessions in West & Central Africa.  Formed in 1857, these indigenous troops served in a number of colonial wars including the conquest of Morocco (1907-1912).

But their largest contribution came during WWI, when more than 200,000 'Sénégalais' fought for France. 135 000 were sent on the Western Front. 30 000 perished and many more wounded or invalid.

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Tommy's uniform details contain: M1902 khaki field service tunic;   M1902 khaki field service trousers; M1902 khaki putties wound up from ankle to knee and tucked into trouser bottoms.  Hobnailed blackened “ammunition” boots;  on left hip, M1908 khaki haversack, bayonet scabbard, entrenching tool helve attached by straps; on right hip, M1908 entrenching tool head in khaki carrier and 2 pint water bottle covered with khaki cloth and hooked to belt;  M1908 cotton webbing equipment with two sets each left and right of five cartridge pouches, each carrying three five-round charger clips, total of 150 rounds.  The back pack is strapped to the webbing.  The broad waist belt would have a brass elongated buckle, but the buckle is covered by the PH satchel.

Also, Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle No. 1, Mark III, 0.303 inch caliber with M1908 cotton webbing sling (Sling not included).  Please note this Enfield rifle has been re-cast with expressed written consent from DJ Parkins,  British manufacturer of fine military figure subjects under the Firing Line brand.

The rest of the equipment with Tommy: Phenate hexamine (or PH) type anti-gas hood in small two button satchel on ragged-looking strap with two buttons (buttons buried under other equipment);  furry goat skin vest worn over service tunic and under single-breasted “British Warm” great coat.

Brief history: Tecumseh (c. 1768 – 5 October 1813) was a famous Shawnee Indian leader.  He spent much of his life attempting to rally the many disparate Indian Tribes into a single unified political body for a mutual defense of their lands against white encroachment.  He was admired in his day and remains an icon for Native Americans and a national hero in Canada.