The murderous charge at The Nek The movie, ‘Gallipoli’ immortalised the tragic charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at The Nek at 4:30am on the morning of August 7, 1915. Who could forget Archie, his legs like springs, charging toward the Turkish trenches just 27 metres away. 300 Australians were needlessly slaughtered on a tiny piece of ground high above Anzac Cove. William ‘Scottie’ Tosh was one of those soldiers who participated in the attack. Before his regiment charged, Scottie wagered five pounds with a mate that he would reach the Turkish trenches, either dead or alive. Scottie never collected the wager. His body was ‘shattered by machine-gun fire’. A doctor at an aid station hesitated in administering Scottie morphine because he felt nothing more could be done for him. ‘No, I’m not done,’ pleaded Scottie. He died soon after. In 1922, a party of pilgrims travelled by steam yacht to Gallipoli. Some noted that one woman never left the yach...