Thomas Satchell Knight (1873-1944) from Broughton Village, in the Berry district, was one of a hundred NSW Lancers who travelled to Aldershot, England in February 1899 wearing this very uniform. As the contingent prepared to return home following six months of training, war broke out in South Africa. Volunteers were sought to disembark at Cape […]
This style of gaiters were best known for being part of the uniform for Australia’s famed WWI Light Horse troops, but they were also worn by Australians in artillery, medical and transport units. Francis Stowasser and George Winter patented this design in the UK and US in the late nineteenth century. But only Stowasser’s name […]
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