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Troops leaving Lyttelton for South African War

Troops leaving Lyttelton for South African War

Large crowds gathered to watch the departure of every contingent, such as this one which assembled on the wharf at Lyttelton in 1902 to send off the Tenth Contingent.

Cyclopedia of New Zealand, vol. 3, Canterbury (Christchurch, 1903)

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