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27 04 2020

Anglo-Boer War

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Anglo-Boer War

New Zealand sent 10 contingents of troops to South Africa. The Hauraki soldiers volunteered in all ten contingents
Walter Callaway served in three contingents, !st, 7th, & 9th. The museum has the book “Walter Callaway; A Maori Warrior of the Boer War; Mike Dwight”
Trooper G.R. Bradford left New Zealand with the 1st contingent and became the Empires first causulty; dying of wounds received in skirmish at Jasforntein Farm near Rensburg,Cape Colony.

New Zealand sent 10 contingents of troops to South Africa. The Hauraki soldiers volunteered in all ten contingents
Walter Callaway served in three contingents, !st, 7th, & 9th. The museum has the book “Walter Callaway; A Maori Warrior of the Boer War; Mike Dwight”
Trooper G.R. Bradford left New Zealand with the 1st contingent and became the Empires first causulty; dying of wounds received in skirmish at Jasforntein Farm near Rensburg,Cape Colony.

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