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HMS Philomel in the Red Sea
By the time HMS Philomel arrived in New Zealand in 1914, it had a long and eventful history behind it.
Christ Church, Alfriston memorials
Memorials to the South African and First and Second World Wars at Chirst Church, Alfriston
Waikaraka Cemetery veterans’ memorial
Memorial to commemorate veterans who died at the Auckland Veteran's Home
Hawera Sth African War memorial
Memorial gates at King Edward Park, Hawera
Ranfurly Veterans’ Home
The Ranfurly Veterans’ Home opened in Auckland in 1903.
Maheno South African War memorial
Memorial to South African War trooper Louis Hewson Marcks in the Maheno cemetery
Taranaki South African War memorial
Trooopers' memorial for Taranaki residents who died in the South African (Boer) War
Patea South African War memorial
Patea South African War memorial light
Capture of Boer soldiers by cyclists
Believe it or not, a group of Boer soldiers on horseback were captured by cyclists during the South African War.
Train accident in South Africa kills 16 NZ soldiers
Sixteen members of the Eighth New Zealand Contingent were killed when their train collided with a goods train at Machavie (Machavierug), near Potchefstroom in Transvaal.
Amazon's uniform
Te Papa curator Kirstie Ross shows us a uniform of the N.Z. Young Ladies' Contingent, also known as the Wellington Amazons
'Major' - the only NZ horse to return from South Africa
'Major' was the only New Zealand horse to serve in South Africa and return home
Jacobs Siding concentration camp
Street scene from Jacobs Siding concentration camp near Merebank in the Transvaal, circa 1902.
Poem: The Transvaal Contingent
Various poems from the South African War
Henry Coutts
Henry Coutts was one of four colonial soldiers to receive a woollen scarf knitted by Queen Victoria in recognition of an act of gallantry.
Henry Coutts
Canterbury-born Henry Coutts won royal recognition for rescuing a wounded soldier after a British column had been ambushed at Sannah's Point on 30 March 1900.
George Bradford
Born in Sussex, England in 1870, George Roland Bradford was the first member of a New Zealand military force to be killed while serving overseas.
George Bradford
George Bradford was the first New Zealand soldier to die in an overseas conflict.
African scouts
Africans attached to the New Zealand Sixth Contingent, circa 1901
Mounted troops round up Boer family
Mounted soldiers, possibly New Zealanders, round up a Boer family during the South African War, 1899-1902

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