Fernleaves Across the Veldt

Acknowledgements

A debt of gratitude is owed to the following people for their major assistance with the content of this website: Matt Pomeroy of Christchurch for his many hours of research; Bryce Horrell for his endless patience with my request for photo's and obituaries; Laurie Trubshoe of Palmerston North for his invaluable work in locating the final resting place of most of New Zealand's Boer War veterans; Paul Davey of Christchurch for his study into the naming of Queen's South Africa Medals to New Zealanders; Derrick Bunn of the New Zealand War Graves Trust for his invaluable research into New Zealand's casualties in South Africa; David Guylee of Waituna West for access to his photos from the Auckland Weekly News; Len King of Pukerua Bay for his photos and support; Aaron Fox for access to his photographic collection. Other acknowledgements are bound to follow - I'm sure there are plenty of people I have accidentally missed.

General Sources

*Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives 1900-1902
*WO100/294, WO100/295, Medal Roll of the New Zealand Contingents (UK National Archives)

Photographic Sources

The majority of the photos on the database are fully referenced on the relevant database service record.

*Weekly Press, The Press Company, Christchurch, dates cited
*Weekly News, Wilson and Horton, Auckland, dates cited
*Otago Witness, Dunedin, dates cited
*Canterbury Times, Christchurch, dates cited
*Inglis, Alice St. Clair, Souvenir Album: First Contingent South African War, the author, Waipawa, 1902
*Souvenir of the New Zealand Second Contingent for the Transvaal, unknown, 1900
*Our Boys: A Souvenir of the Otago and Southland Contingent, March 24^th 1900, Wilkie & Co., Dunedin, 1900
*Fourth Contingent New Zealand Rough Riders from Otago and Southland, J. Braithwaite, Dunedin, 1900
*New Zealand's Roll of Honour, Wilson and Horton, 1915

Diaries and Manuscripts

*Brown, TW, Fern Veldt and Flanders Feilds, unpublished memoir of Thomas Watson Brown, 1935
*Buckland, William Harold, diary (ATL MS-0341)
*Gawith, Herbert, diary (ATL MS-PAPERS-2240)
*Koppert, Thomas Harry, diary (ATL MS-PAPERS-2154)
*Diary of Trooper R. Pearce Fourth N.Z. Regiment South Africa, publishing source unknown
*Shand, JA, O'er Veldt and Kopje (ATL QMS-1790-1793)

Bibliography

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*Cradock, Montagu), Diary of the Second New Zealand Mounted Rifles: On Active Service in South Africa from 24^th February 1900 to 21^st March 1901, Also from 1^st April 1901 to 8^th May 1901, The Evening Star Company, Dunedin, 1913.
*Crawford, J with Ellis, E, To Fight for the Empire: An Illustrated History of the South African War 1899-1902, Reed, 1999
*Fyfe, Frank (ed), Harry's Letters from the Boer War: The story in his own words, Wakelin House, Greytown, 1993.
*George, D.C., Carvings from the Veldt: Rifle Carvings from the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, the author, Cabarita Beach, NSW, 2004
*Hall, D.O.W., The New Zealanders in South Africa 1899-1902, War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1949.
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*Linklater, Joseph, On Active Service in South Africa with 'The Silent Sixth', McKee and Co., Wellington, 1904
*Malcolm, K.G., The Seventh N.Z. Contingent: Its Record on the Field, Second South African War , 1901-2, Deslandes and Lewis, Wellington, 1903.
*Moore, James G. Harle, With the Fourth New Zealand Rough Riders, Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers, Dunedin, 1906.
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*Stowers, Richard, Rough Riders at War, 4th Edition, the author, Hamilton, 2006
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*Twistleton, F., With the New Zealanders at the Front: A Story of Twelve Months' Campaigning in South Africa, Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch, 1902.