Boot and Saddle by JG GilberdBoer War - Operations
The New Zealanders were brigaded with other forces throughout the War and were not employed operationally as a national entity. Their role was wide and varied and they were involved in most battles. Of the more unusual tasks carried out by our men was the collection and driving of large numbers of horses, mules, oxen, sheep and goats captured from the Boers. The Colonials excelled in these tasks. Most of them being shepherds or stockmen back home - only difference, they were in uniform, armed and in a theatre of War. For those readers who have visited QEII Army Memorial Museum at Waiouru the mounted rifleman in the Boer War display and his mount are typical of both man and horse that went overseas. Jim Gilberd, 1989 |
