Arrived in New Zealand in 1899, and on February 1900 the 3rd Contingent "the New Zealand Roughriders" sailed aboard the The Knight Templar en route to South Africa. See photograph in Webster Album 9 (PA1-o-520, p 32).
Knight Templar (Ship : 1874- )
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Webster album 9
Date: [Circa 1890s]
From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919
Reference: PA1-o-520
Description: Album of tourist views of New Zealand and the sub-Antarctic Islands, chiefly taken by John Richard Morris, Jnr, circa 1890s. Places and subjects listed above where identified. The Sub-Antarctic Island views are all of native flora and fauna of the different islands, listed on the images as mollymawks, albatrosses, sea lions, crested penguins and erect-crested penguins On page 32 there is a view of the SS Knight Templar leaving Lyttelton on February 17, 1900, taking about 260 soldiers and 300 horses of the 3rd Contingent "the New Zealand Roughriders" to Durban, en route to fight in the South African War. The wharf is crowded with people seeing the ship off, soldiers lined up alongside the ship, and bunting flying on two ships nearby. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 24.5 x 32.5 cm