A real piece of history

[Lithy]

The other confusing part of the story is that the men posted to these units were actual bushmen.

They were recruited from the Western districts of NSW in a targeted campaign to find men that could ride, shoot, find their way about the bush and act independently in order to fight the Boers on their own terms.

A bloke from the inner Sydney suburb of Balmain with these attributes would be a rare specimen indeed.

Once again we go back to the Lee Enfield mantra. Never say never.