Group of settlers from Wanganui formed this group when Wanganui came under military threat from Ngati Ruanui leader Titokowaru. John Bryce was commissioned as lieutenant. (Information from `The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Volume 2, 1870-1900', B44, page 61.)
Kai-iwi Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers
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"The Kai Iwi cavalry"; extract from Weekly (Wanganui), August 21st, 1869. Fisher, print...
Date: 1869
Reference: Eph-A-WAR-NZ-1869-01
Description: The report of a speech by Captain Bryce, dismissing the Kai Iwi cavalry and thanking them for their services in the Wanganui and Taranaki areas, described in some detail. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Typescript on sheet 225 x 202 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr Brian Groshinski of Australia in 2003.
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John Bryce
Date: 1868
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/4-004946-G
Description: Full length portrait of John Bryce in uniform, holding a sword. Photograph taken by William James Harding in in 1868 at which time Bryce was a lieutenant in the Kai-iwi Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches