New Zealanders in the Boer War.
1899. No Binding. 11 photographs mostly from Alf Hosking, Bruton's Studio, of Boer War scenes, mounted on 3 cards 27 x 35 cm. These include: "Arrival of 1st New Zealand contingent, November 1899", showing New Zealand troops and horses on the Capetown docks; "They leave Cape Town for the front", showing New Zealand troops loading onto railway carriages; "Arrival at Rondebosch Hospital", showing wounded troops on stretchers; "Wounded at Magersfontein, Wynberg Railway Station", showing wounded soldiers being unloaded from railway carriages; "Arrival of Field Marshall Lord Rpberts". showing troops and a steamer at dock; "Cronje's guns at Greenpoint, captured at Paardeberg", showing the guns on a field. Three photographs of Boer troops in the field; Raising the flag at Bloemfontein, May 1900, showing troops in formation with the flag being raised. "Union Jack hoisted at Pretoria, June 1900"; faded print showing troops in formation raising the flag; An evocative set of images of New Zealand and other troops during the Boer War. Very Good. Item #019413
Price: $728.77 NZD