Image 337

Bannockburn Volunteers, 4th NZ Contingent - Boer War.

Page

1 of 1

Date

c1899

Source

Mrs V Paterson, Bannockburn

Description

Bannockburn Volunteers, 4th NZ Contingent - Boer War. L to R: Captain James Newberry Crabbe Arthur Lawrence. (firearm, Martini-Henry 0.405'. rifle) John McCabe (firearm, short Snider breach-loader 0.577' rifle) John Richard Crombie (firearm, Martini-Henry 0.405' rifle) Note - it appears that the volunteers only made it as far as Dunedin where they failed the army medical examination. Photo may have been taken in the grounds of the Carrick Range Hotel, Terrace (Hall) Road.