The origins of the Waikato Mounted Rifles, or locally raised mounted rifles and cavalry in the Waikato, can be traced back to the formation of the Royal Cavalry Volunteers in Auckland on 5 April 1860 and the lesser known Auckland Volunteer Cavalry Guard during the same year.
New Zealand. Army. Waikato Mounted Rifles
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Craddock album 2
Date: [Between 1927 and 1965]
From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India
Reference: PA1-o-113
Description: Album includes photographs, chiefly taken by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, from black and white photographs taken in the 1920s to coloured snapshots taken in the 1960s. Subjects range from scout camps and tramps in New Zealand, to views of military aircraft and scenic views of India, Egypt and Libya taken circa 1940-1943 while he was serving with R.A.F. squadrons. Later coloured snapshots show holiday scenes. The photographs are interspersed with postcards. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled red and black cover, black corners and spine, 24 x 34 cm
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Craddock album 1
Date: [Circa 1929-1939]
From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India
By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966; Springboks (Rugby team)
Reference: PA1-o-112
Description: Album of images collected and partly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock. Images include clipping from newspapers and magazines, and postcards (chiefly of Akaroa, Wellington, Sydney and Perth). The photographs include family photographs, mountaineering trips, scenery in various parts of New Zealand, interior views of the Union Bank of Australia (Wellington Branch) where Gerald Rainsford worked from 1936-1939, and several views of the first Springbok test at Athletic Park in 1937. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32.5 cm
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Members of the Waikato Mounted Rifles as special constables, Auckland
Date: 1932
From: Photographer unknown: Mounted Specials during the wharf strike 1932
Reference: 1/4-015548-F
Description: Three members of the Waikato Mounted Rifles as special police constables during a wharf strike, Auckland. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1932. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 9 x 6 cm