WITH THE NEW ZEALANDERS AT THE FRONT

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.(https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3t47/twisleton-francis-morphet) 'Francis (Frank) Morphet Twisleton was born at Settle in Yorkshire, England, on 17 February 1873.....Frank emigrated to New Zealand with his brother Thomas. They arrived in 1895 and travelled around, working on farms. A skilled horseman, Frank enlisted in the Second New Zealand Contingent of mounted soldiers on 19 January 1900 and arrived in South Africa late the following month. Thomas followed him in the Fourth (Rough Riders) Contingent, and was killed in battle the next year.

'While in South Africa Twisleton wrote letters which were published in English newspapers. Following his return to New Zealand he used these letters as the basis for a book, With the New Zealanders at the front: a story of twelve months' campaigning in South Africa. Dedicated to the memory of Thomas Twisleton, the book gives an account of the war from a private soldier's perspective. Two recurrent themes are the incompetence of many British army officers, and the inequitable treatment of soldiers.'

2 copies listed in A South African Bibliography volume 4, page 571.