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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

New Zealand Rough Riders.

FOURTH AND FIFTH CONTINGENTS

From Otago and Southland March 1900

Published: Joseph Braithwaite Publisher, Dunedin, 1900

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[iii], unpaginated -33 full page photographs, the front cover is chipped in the bottom right corner, printed on the recto of each page, chiefly portraits and illustrations of the troops, the first photograph is torn, worn beige pictorial card covers – paperback, black cloth spine, with an additional handwritten card cover, a good copy.

On cover :Send- off edition. Contingent pictures produced by special permission of the War Office.

Fourth Contingent Departed: 24 March 1900 from Port Chalmers; 31 March 1900 from Lyttelton Total strength: 462: In keeping with the idea of privately organised contingents, a committee of Otago businessmen also began to raise support for an Otago-based contingent. The Fourth Contingent was divided into four companies: No. 9 and No. 10 from Otago and Southland, and No. 7 and No. 8 from the North Island. As a result the 'Dandy Fourth' had two commanders, with Major Frederick Francis commanding the Otago and Southland companies and Major Joe Sommerville in charge of the other two companies. Together with the Third Contingent they were known as the Rough Riders. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/nz-units-south-africa/the-contingents#4th

Fifth Contingent Departed: 31 March 1900 from Wellington and Lyttelton Total strength: 591 (including 71 reserves) Originally the Fifth Contingent was raised in response to a British request for 500 mounted troops who would be able to serve with already established British units. Commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Newall, the contingent was divided into five companies. No. 11 and No. 14 embarked from Wellington aboard the SS Maori, with No. 12 and No. 13 on the SS Waitemata. No. 15 Company sailed with the Fourth Contingent from Lyttelton. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/nz-units-south-africa/the-contingents#5th

For detailed information on both these Contingents see: https://angloboerwar.com/unit-information/new-zealand-units/417-new-zealand-4th-contingent

  • Overall Condition: A Good Copy
  • Size: small 4to (200 x270mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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