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Boer War - New Zealand, 1st New Zealand Contingent Topic: BW - NZ
Boer War, 1899 - 1902
New Zealand
1st New Zealand Contingent
SS “Waiwera” embarking from Wellington on the 21 October 1899.
[Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, Reference: PA1-q-329-14 ]
The following Nominal Roll is extracted from the Appendix to the New Zealand Journal of the House of Representatives. The record of the ten contingents of New Zealand's soldiers in the Boer War are listed in the Appendix to the New Zealand Journal of the House of Representatives for the years 1900, 1901, and 1902.
The 1st New Zealand Contingent was known as the "1st New Zealand Mounted Rifles", embarked from Wellington on the SS “Waiwera”, 21 October 1899.
Boer War - New Zealand, 2nd New Zealand Contingent Topic: BW - NZ
Boer War, 1899 - 1902
New Zealand
2nd New Zealand Contingent
The following Nominal Roll is extracted from the Appendix to the New Zealand Journal of the House of Representatives. The record of the ten contingents of New Zealand's soldiers in the Boer War are listed in the Appendix to the New Zealand Journal of the House of Representatives for the years 1900, 1901, and 1902.
The 2nd New Zealand Contingent embarked from Wellington on the SS “Waiwera”, 20 January 1900.
Boer War - New Zealand, 3rd New Zealand Contingent Topic: BW - NZ
Boer War, 1899 - 1902
New Zealand
3rd New Zealand Contingent
The following Nominal Roll is extracted from the Appendix to the New Zealand Journal of the House of Representatives. The record of the ten contingents of New Zealand's soldiers in the Boer War are listed in the Appendix to the New Zealand Journal of the House of Representatives for the years 1900, 1901, and 1902.
The 3rd New Zealand Contingent, was known as the "Rough Riders", embarked from Lyttelton on the SS “Knight Tempar”, 17 February 1900.
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