Service records online
Most of the South African War service records for soldiers in this database have now been digitised and are available by searching the Archives New Zealand Archway website.
Most of the South African War service records for soldiers in this database have now been digitised and are available by searching the Archives New Zealand Archway website.
Private Hyde was the only man from the Rangitikei to die in the Boer War. There is a memorial for him in Marton Park [sited near the grandstand]. He died at the battle of Reitfontain, Reinoster Kop, Pretoria 29/11/1900. Our great uncle William Aubrey Jennings was the last N.Z.er to fall in that battle and is named on memorials in Auckland museum, Wanganui [Cooks Gardens] and in Nelson Cathedral. Williams family lived in Wanganui and Nelson. 6 kiwis died in that battle.
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