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Members of the Nelson Squadron of the Seventh New Zealand Mounted Rifles. Despite the British desire that this should be a 'white man's war', Maori soldiers served, including the unidentified soldier standing in the centre of the second row.
Archives New Zealand
Major H. M. W. Richardson's papers
Reference: WA 250, box 39
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