A Canterbury trooper, 3rd New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Rough Riders), preparing to depart for the Boer War (1899-1902)
A Canterbury trooper, 3rd New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Rough Riders), preparing to depart for the Boer War (1899-1902)
[1900]
The 3rd Contingent consisted of two companies, one of them, No. 5, recruited almost entirely from Canterbury. Equipment was largely organised and paid for by a committee of prominent Christchurch citizens and other members of the public. The company was called the Rough Riders as the men were good horsemen and marksmen but not trained soldiers. They left Lyttelton for South Africa on 17 Feb. 1900 after having spent some time at a camp in Addington. On their return to New Zealand in May 1901 they were disbanded.
"What our men look like on the battlefield"
File Reference CCL Photo Collection 22, Img02211
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